The USDA says red meat production during April 2021 was at record monthly levels.

All red meat totaled 4.708 billion pounds, up 22% from April 2020, when production was severely limited by COVID-19 outbreaks in some processing facilities.

Beef production was 2.346 billion pounds, an increase of 29% on the year, with a 27% rise in the slaughter to 2.850 million head and 13 pound gain in the average live weight at 1,366 pounds per animal.

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