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 305,000 head versus
  307,000 week ago and 311,000 a year ago.
      Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 124,000 to
  128,000 head versus 127,000 week ago and 126,000 a year ago.
  

