Archive for June 25th, 2016

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – MAY 2016 – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.00 billion pounds in May, up 5 percent from the 3.81 billion pounds produced in May 2015. Beef production, at 2.03 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.51 million head, up 6 percent from May 2015. The average live weight […]