Using the data samples collected with the CDF Run II detector
during the year 2002 and early 2003, new measurements of the production
cross-sections and the masses, lifetimes and branching fractions of beauty
and charm hadrons are presented.  New measurements of the Lambda_b mass,
lifetime, and branching fractions have greatly improved the current
knowledge of bottom baryon properties and decay dynamics.  The large charm
signals made available by the silicon vertex track trigger have enabled the
establishment of key measurements using rare charm decays that are sensitive
to new physics beyond the Standard Model.  The decay signals B_s --> D_s pi
and the two body charmless decays of B0 and B_s have been established.
These decay channels are important milestones towards the measurement of B_s
mixing and direct CP violation in the B system.