EXHIBIT 4

TRANSACTIONS BY REPORTING PERSONS IN COMMON STOCK,

$0.50 PAR VALUE, OF SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.

DATE	BUY/SELL	QUANTITY		PRICE
9/20/07	B		90,000	29.8554
9/20/07	B		50,000	29.8243
9/20/07	B		25,000	29.7248
9/21/07	B		50,000	30.0569
9/21/07	B		50,000	30.0494
9/21/07	B		50,000	30.0484
9/24/07	B		50,000	29.9443
9/25/07	B		10,000	29.9671
9/25/07	B		50,000	29.9718
			425,000