AgHost Livestock Close

Friday ended up being a fantastic day for the livestock complex, as the market finally found the support it was desiring and was able to keep the contracts trading higher through the day’s end. May corn is down 5 cents per bushel, and May soybean meal is down $6.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 867.21 points, and the NASDAQ is down 488.70 points.

From Friday to Friday, livestock contracts scored the following changes: April live cattle up $4.45, June live cattle up $5.35; April feeder cattle up $10.28, May feeders cattle up $13.45; April lean hogs down $0.50, June lean hogs up $1.65; May corn down $0.04, July corn down $0.02.