AgHost Livestock Close

Mixed tones followed the livestock complex through Friday, as traders were pleased to see steady trade in the fed cash cattle market but didn’t find the fundamental support they needed in the hog sector. Southern live cattle were marked at mostly $235 and Northern dressed cattle were traded at $372, both of which were fully steady with the previous week’s weighted average. May corn is down 4 1/4 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is down $4.50. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 443.96 points and the NASDAQ is down 443.08 points.