DTN Closing Livestock Comment 10/01 16:08
1 Oct 2019
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 10/01 16:08 Lower Livestock Close on Tuesday Livestock contracts look for a secure direction as the midweek mark approaches. By ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Corn contracts latched onto more gains while cattle and lean hog contracts took the back burner. With anxious anticipations of a new month and a lofty growing corn sector, cattle and lean hog markets have been wary about taking off too soon. December corn futures closed 4 1/2 cents higher. Hog prices are up Tuesday afternoon on the National Direct Afternoon Hog Report, up $0.45, with a weight average of $49.36. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 306.33 points and NASDAQ is down 79.35 points.