HOG AND CATTLE SLAUGHTER GUESSTIMATES

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor
  traders and commission house representatives are guesstimating
  today's hog slaughter at about 290,000 to 310,000 head versus
  309,000 week ago and 328,000 a year ago.
      Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 128,000 to
  131,000 head versus 129,000 week ago and 127,000 a year ago.
  

