Hog slaughter finished last week at an estimated 1.95 million head, down 8.5 percent from a year ago levels. The slaughter is forecast to trend higher over the next six weeks, projected at 2.2 million head this week and up to 2.3 million head on the week ending July 11th. While slaughter is expected to average nearly 130,000 head less per week versus year ago levels,…