AgHost Livestock Close

After a couple weeks of dramatic trading, it was somewhat of a relief to end this week on a mild note. Nothing catastrophic, nothing wild, just a typical Friday where the cattle complex drifted slightly lower and the hog complex found some mild support ahead of the day’s end. December corn is up 1 1/4 cents per bushel and December soybean meal is up $6.00. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 40.75 points and NASDAQ is up 143.82 points.

From Friday-to-Friday livestock futures scored the following changes: October live cattle up $2.85, December live cattle down $4.25; November feeder cattle down $13.33, January feeder cattle down $16.28; December lean hogs down $0.63, February lean hogs down $1.77; December corn up $0.08, March corn up $0.07.