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Red Meat Output Below Last October

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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