DTN Ag Host Midday Livestock

The livestock complex is trading mixed into Friday’s noon hour as the cattle contracts drift lower, away from the market’s resistance at its 100-day moving average, but the lean hog contracts are continuing to trade higher. No new cash cattle trade has developed. March corn is down 3 1/2 cents per bushel and January soybean meal is up $0.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 254.39 points and the NASDAQ is down 413.48 points.