Canada-Weekly slaughter figures.

CANADA-WEEKLY SLAUGHTER FIGURES.

Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter

Current Week Ago Year Ago YTD YTD %Change

04/18/09 04/11/09 04/12/08 2009 2008

Cattle: 58,163 48,817 62,694 897,223 895,184 0.2%

Calves: 4,357 & amp; amp; nbsp; 4,735 5,143 71,729 73,239 -2.1%

Sheep: 3,007 5,633 2,741 50,567 48,915 3.4%

Hogs: 377,754 358,754 413,201 6,130,933 5,996,352 2.2%

Source: Agriculture Canada and CanFax

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