DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/23 16:10
23 Apr 2020
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/23 16:10 Cattle Trail Lower, Lean Hogs Keep their Strength Livestock contracts closed mixed as some contracts traded higher and some traded lower Thursday. By ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Cattle contracts had a mostly lower day while the lean hog contracts kicked it in high gear and traded higher. Hog prices closed higher on the National Direct Afternoon Hog Report, up $0.46 with a weighted average of $34.97 on 6,141 head sold. July corn is up 1 1/4 cents per bushel and July soybean meal is up $0.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 39.44 points and NASDAQ is down 0.63 points.