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Red Meat Output Falls Behind Last Year

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.27 billion

pounds in October, down 3 percent from the 4.39 billion pounds produced in

October 2009.

Beef production, at 2.24 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous

year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.87 million head, down 1 percent from October

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