HOG AND CATTLE SLAUGHTER GUESSTIMATES

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor
  traders and commission house representatives are guesstimating
  today's hog slaughter at about 295,000 to 302,000 head versus
  293,000 week ago and 309,000 a year ago.
      Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 123,000 to
  126,000 head versus 123,000 week ago and 121,000 a year ago.
  

