Canada-Weekly slaughtering.

CANADA-WEEKLY SLAUGHTERINGS.

Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter

Current Week Ago Year Ago YTD YTD %Change

04/11/09 04/04/09 04/05/08 2009 2008

Cattle: 48,817 53,581 57,921 839,060 832,490 0.8%

Calves: 4,673 & nbsp; 4,727 5,199 67,310 68,096 -1.2%

Sheep: 5,633 5,810 2,651 47,560 46,174 3.0%

Hogs: 358,722 410,105 417,193 5,753,179 5,583,151 3.0%

Source: Agriculture Canada and CanFax

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