AgHost Livestock Close

With the help of a little extra trader interest, the livestock contracts were able to close higher Friday afternoon. No new cash cattle trade developed as packers had done most of their buying on Thursday. December corn is down 11 1/4 cents per bushel and December soybean meal is down $5.90. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 309.74 points and NASDAQ is up 30.23 points.

From Friday to Friday, livestock futures scored the following changes: December live cattle down $2.20, February live cattle down $0.22; November feeder cattle up $12.28, January feeder cattle up $0.9; December lean hogs down $0.90, February lean hogs up $0.03; December corn up $0.03 and March corn up $0.02.