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Red Meat Output Lags Previous Year

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.94 billion

pounds in July, up 4 percent from the 3.79 billion pounds produced in July

2011.

Beef production, at 2.20 billion pounds, was 3 percent above the previous

year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.79 million head, up 1 percent from July

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