AgHost Livestock Close

All in all, it was a normal, post-holiday day for the livestock complex as the markets traded throughout the day but nothing much developed. Some live cash cattle trade was noted in the North, but prices remained steady with the week’s weighted average. March corn is down 1 cent per bushel and March soybean meal is down $0.70. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 20.19 points and NASDAQ is down 20.21 points.

From Friday-to-Friday, livestock futures scored the following changes: December live cattle down $0.57, February live cattle down $1.15; January feeder cattle up $0.57, March feeder cattle up $1.03; February lean hogs up $0.03, April lean hogs up $0.35; March corn up $0.06, May corn up $0.07.