AgHost Livestock Close

It was another mixed day for the livestock complex as the cattle contracts found a little extra support, but the lean hog complex still closed lower. Some more light cash cattle trade was reported, but prices were steady with the week’s trend. December corn is down 1 1/2 cents per bushel and December soybean meal is up $4.40. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 32.97 points and the NASDAQ is down 82.01 points.

From Friday to Friday, livestock futures scored the following changes: December live cattle down $8.33, February live cattle down $7.93; November feeders cattle down $12.48, January feeder cattle down $12.33; December lean hogs down $1.88, February lean hogs down $3.18; December corn down $0.04, and March corn down $0.02.