AgHost Livestock Close

The livestock complex closed mixed, with the cattle contracts dipping lower while the hog contracts closed higher in anticipation of the afternoon’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report. Some light cash cattle trade developed in the South at $229 and some Northern dressed cattle traded at $356 to $357. March corn is up 1/2 cent per bushel and March soybean meal is up $2.30. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 79.73 points and the NASDAQ is up 133.01 points.