DTN Closing Livestock Comment 10/11 17:45
11 Oct 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 10/11 17:45 Cattle Futures Settle on a Mixed Basis The cattle complex closed unevenly with nearbys gaining on deferreds. Lean hog futures finished mostly lower with only spot October posting a modest advance. By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Moderate trade volume developed in most areas of cattle country Thursday with live sales in the South marked at $111 (about steady with last week). On the other hand, dressed trade volume in the North surfaced at $173-$174, $1-$2 lower than last week's weighted average basis Nebraska. According to the closing report, the national hog base is $0.73 lower compared with the Prior Day settlement ($57-$63.42, weighted average $61.92). December corn closed up 6 1/2 cents at $3.69 1/4 Thursday, helped by USDA's lower-than-expected estimate of 1.813 billion bushels of U.S. ending corn stocks for 2018-19, down from 2.14 bb last year. The stock market continued to implode with the Dow losing another 545 points. The Nasdaq crashed by 92.