HOG AND CATTLE SLAUGHTER GUESSTIMATES

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor
  traders and commission house representatives are guesstimating
  today's hog slaughter at about 285,000 to 300,000 head versus
  292,000 week ago and 309,000 a year ago.
      Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 125,000 to
  131,000 head versus 129,000 week ago and 119,000 a year ago.
  

