Total red meat production for November dropped from the previous month and was down 1 percent from last year.  The USDA says red meat production totaled 4.68 billion pounds for November.

Beef production declined 1 percent on the year at 2.26 billion pounds.  Cattle slaughter dropped 3 percent from November 2019, but live weights did increase 13 pounds. Commercial pork production totaled 2.41 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the previous year.  Total hog slaughter declined 3 percent from last year at 11.0 million head and the average live weight jumped 6 pounds from year-ago levels.

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