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Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter under Federal Inspection

                                CATTLE    CALVES      HOGS      SHEEP
Friday 03/12/2010        (est)   117,000     4,000     413,000     9,000
Week ago (est)                   117,000     4,000     412,000     9,000
Year ago (act)                   117,000     4,000     414,000     8,000
Week to date (est)               602,000    18,000   2,048,000    48,000
Same Period Last Week (est)      605,000    18,000   2,125,000    46,000
Same Period Last Year (act)      599,000    19,000   2,093,000    45,000

Saturday 03/13/2010      (est)    19,000         0      84,000     4,000
Week ago (est)                    12,000         0      38,000     2,000
Year ago (act)                    25,000         0      58,000         0
Week to date (est)               621,000    18,000   2,132,000    52,000
Same Period Last Week (est)      617,000    18,000   2,163,000    48,000
Same Period Last Year* (act)     625,000    19,000   2,152,000    45,000
2010 Year to Date              6,397,000   190,000  21,736,000   440,000
2009 *Year to Date             6,374,000   193,000  23,062,000   436,000
Percent change                      0.4%     -1.5%       -5.7%      1.0%
2010 *Totals subject to revision
2009 *Totals adjusted to reflect NASS revisions
Yearly totals may not add due to rounding
Previous day estimated        Steer and Heifer    Cow and Bull
             Thursday             95,000                27,000




Source:  USDA Market News, St Joseph, MO