The USDA says more beef was produced last month than any other September on record.
Beef production was 2.391 billion pounds, up 4% from September 2021, with a 4% increase in the slaughter to 2.898 million head canceling out a 1 pound loss in the average live weight to 1,364 pounds.
The dairy cow slaughter was 260,500 head, down 5,600 from August and 4,100 from September 2021. The year-to-date dairy cow slaughter is 2,277,300 head, 59,800 less than this time last year.
