Cattle and hog weights trim down.

Today's weekly release of the Actual Slaughter report detailed meat production statistics for the last week of June.

Dressed steer weights dropped -3 lbs. this week to 841. Dressed heifers were -2 lbs. to 911. This is a time of seasonally rising weights so the year over year comparisons have improved. Steers are running +27 lbs. vs. last year while heifers are +23.

Weights were adding +4.0% to beef production separate from slaughter numbers five weeks ago. That overage is now +3.0%.

Dressed barrow/gilt weights dropped -2 lbs. in the latest week to 209. Compared with last year they went from +3 lbs. to now +2. Weights are adding +1.0% to pork production. That is slightly better than the recent +1.4% overage.

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