HOG AND CATTLE SLAUGHTER GUESSTIMATES

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor
  traders and commission house representatives are guesstimating
  today's hog slaughter at about 300,000 to 305,000 head versus
  292,000 week ago and 316,000 a year ago.
      Saturday's hog slaughter is guesstimated at about 30,000 to
  55,000 head.
      Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 128,000 to
  130,000 head versus 129,000 week ago and 119,000 a year ago.
      Saturday's cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 20,000
  to 40,000 head.
  

