AgHost Livestock Close

The livestock complex closed mixed, with the cattle contracts disappointed still in the market’s weak fundamentals, but the lean hog contracts found some trader support ahead of the day’s close. Some light dressed cash cattle trade developed in the North at $345, which is $6.00 lower than last week’s weighted average, and Southern live cattle traded at $224, which is $4.00 lower than last week’s weighted average. December corn is down 7 cents per bushel and December soybean meal is down $8.10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 47.03 points and the NASDAQ is up 131.38 points.