AgHost Livestock Close

The livestock complex had a lackluster end to the week as prices closed softer as traders simply seemed to distance themselves from the complex throughout the day. A few more cash cattle sales were reported throughout the day, but they were mostly clean-up in nature. December corn is up 10 1/4 cents per bushel and December soybean meal is up $0.90. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 273.78 points and the NASDAQ is up 98.03 points.

From Friday to Friday, livestock futures scored the following changes: October live cattle down $6.00, December live cattle down $5.52; September feeder cattle down $9.42, October feeder cattle down $12.10; October lean hogs up $1.10, December lean hogs up $0.30; September corn remained steady, December corn up $0.12.