December 24, 2007
US red meat production in November reach record highs
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.30 billion pounds in November, up 4 percent from a previous record of 4.15 billion pounds produced in November 2006.
January to November 2007 commercial red meat production was 44.6 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was down 5 percent, pork was up 4 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 1 percent.
Pork production was up 8 percent compared to the same month last year, with slaughters up 7 percent with no changes in liveweight.
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US red meat production for November 2007 | ||||||
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|
Production (million pounds) |
Percent change from Nov 2006 |
Slaughter (million head) |
Percent change from November 2006 |
Liveweight (pounds) |
Weight change from Nov 2006 (pounds) |
|
Beef |
2230 |
(up) |
2.83 |
(down) |
1304 |
9 |
|
Veal |
10.1 |
-22% |
0.0589 |
-12% |
291 |
-39 |
|
Pork |
2050 |
8% |
10.1 |
7% |
272 |
0 |
|
Mutton |
16.1 |
5% |
0.236 |
6% |
136 |
-1 |
| Source: USDA | ||||||
