Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.14 billion
pounds in December, up 3 percent from the 4.00 billion pounds produced in
December 2012.
Beef production, at 2.05 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous
year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.56 million head, up 1 percent from December
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