The true percent is higher because a high number of packer-owned and packer-sold hogs are priced with a market formula.

There is too much supply and not enough exports. The biggest problem on exports is chicken. It appears chicken exports are down because the rest of the world has bird flu.

It looks like that number is tracking at 6.8 percent, slightly higher than what we expected, ... We did expect it would be a lot stronger but sales got pinched at the end of the month because of cooler temperatures in some parts of the country.

At 20 percent plus two days before the election, the number of undecided is higher than before any other general election.

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Some of the upscale retailers and those who sold electronics were way up - some 30 percent. Some of the traditional department stores and low-end department stores may not have even made 5 percent. The week before Christmas may have made the difference for us (in Georgia).