Hog slaughter finished last week at an estimated 2.043 million head, down 0.7 percent from a year ago levels. The slaughter is forecast to trend higher over the next six weeks, projected at 2.6 million head this week and to 2.68 million head on the week ending August 15th. Slaughter over the next six weeks is projected at an average of 2.588 million head per week, up 9.7 percent from the prior six week…