DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/09 16:09
9 Dec 2019
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/09 16:09 Livestock Markets Close Mixed Livestock markets traded on both sides of steady Monday, but ended up closing the day mostly mixed. By ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Livestock contracts spent some time Monday figuring out where the day needed to trade, and it wasn't as high as many assumed it would be. Hog prices are higher on the National Direct Afternoon Hog Report, up $0.50 with a weighted average of $47.02. March corn is down 1 cent per bushel and January soybean meal is down $0.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 105.46 points and NASDAQ is down 34.70 points.