Data from Pork Checkoff Marketline

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Data from Pork Checkoff Marketline  May 9, 2008          Friday

LIVE HOG PRICES         CHANGE      PRACTICAL TOP
 Peoria                 +1.00       $ 50.00      PRIOR DAY PURCHASED
 Red Oak                N/A         $   N/A       Price per cwt. Carcass
 St. Joseph             N/A         $   N/A      Eastern Cornbelt 75.55
 Zumbrota               +1.00       $ 55.00      Western Cornbelt 78.08
 Sioux Falls            +1.50       $ 56.00      IA/MINN          77.90
 Missouri               S           $ 55.00      Nat. carcass     77.19
                                                 Nat. live        59.82
CARCASS PRICES wt'd avg base price  AVERAGE
 Eastern Cornbelt       +1.19       $ 76.77
 Western Cornbelt       +1.12       $ 78.02
 National               +0.94       $ 77.06
 IA/MINN                +1.19       $ 78.10

PORK CUTOUT VALUES
 Carcass, Prior Day     +0.39       $ 78.71
 Loin, Prior Day        +0.31       $107.83
 Butt, Prior Day        +0.45       $ 84.35
 Ham, Prior Day         +0.45       $ 59.78
 Belly, Prior Day       S           $ 90.98
 Dressed Beef, Today    +0.76       $156.08

FUTURES MARKETS
                        CME          CME
            Month      Change        Price
  Hogs:     May 08      +0.85       $ 80.22        Bellies:Up
            Jun 08      +0.40       $ 76.87        Cattle: Up
            Jul 08      -0.15       $ 76.95

SLAUGHTER (000's)           Today   Last Week  %  Last Year    %
  Daily                       405       407 -0.5     380     6.6
  Week to Date               2089      2155 -3.1    1939     7.7

IA/So Minn Avg            Last Week  Week Earlier Year Ago
                           N/A           N/A          N/A

TOMORROW'S TREND - $0.50 to $0.75 higher

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