AgHost Livestock Close

The livestock complex closed Friday mixed with the cattle contracts continuing to rally while the hog contracts ventured lower. Still no cash cattle trade has developed at the time of this writing. May corn is down 3 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is up $14.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 269.57 points and NASDAQ is up 80.85 points.

From Thursday to Friday the livestock futures scored the following changes: April live cattle up $5.58, June live cattle up $2.88; April feeder cattle up $1.25, may feeder cattle up $1.73; April lean hogs up $0.38, June lean hogs down $0.75; May corn down $0.11, July corn down $0.12.