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St Joseph, MO    Thu Jul 09, 2009       USDA Market News
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter under Federal Inspection

                                CATTLE    CALVES      HOGS      SHEEP
Thursday 07/09/2009      (est)   126,000     3,000     398,000     9,000
Week ago (est)                   126,000     3,000     413,000     8,000
Year ago (act)                   127,000     4,000     419,000     9,000
Week to date (est)               495,000    13,000   1,567,000    33,000
Same Period Last Week (est)      513,000    13,000   1,655,000    35,000
Same Period Last Year (act)      505,000    16,000   1,674,000    34,000
Previous Day Estimated        Steer and Heifer    Cow and Bull
             Wednesday           102,000                25,000




Source:  USDA Market News, St Joseph, MO
         816-238-0678   e-mail:  stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews


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