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Red Meat Production Below Last December

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.22 billion

pounds in December, down 3 percent from the 4.35 billion pounds produced in

December 2010.

Beef production, at 2.13 billion pounds, was 6 percent below the previous

year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.75 million head, down 6 percent from

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