Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.58 billion
pounds in October, up 7 percent from the 4.27 billion pounds produced in
October 2011.
Beef production, at 2.34 billion pounds, was 6 percent above the previous
year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.95 million head, up 3 percent from October
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