DTN Ag Host Midday Livestock

The livestock complex is trading mixed into Friday’s noon hour as the cattle contracts are higher while the hog complex continues to scale lower. Some light cash cattle trade has been noted in the North at $372, which is steady with last week’s weighted average. May corn is down 5 1/4 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is down $7.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 217.57 points and NASDAQ is down 227.85 points.