Archive for August 27th, 2016

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – JULY 2016 – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS

    Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.87 billion pounds in July, down 4 percent from the 4.04 billion pounds produced in July 2015.  Beef production, at 2.02 billion pounds, was 1 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.48 million head, down 1 percent from July 2015. The average […]