DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/28 16:10
28 Apr 2020
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/28 16:10 Trump Taking Executive Action to Keep Plants Open Tuesday was able to keep momentum and close higher in all three contracts again. By ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Livestock markets closed steadily higher again on Tuesday but the biggest new of the day came that President Trump will be taking executive action to keep packing plants open. Hog prices shot higher on the National Direct Afternoon Hog Report, up $1.21 with a weighted average of $36.17 on 6,995 head sold. July corn is down 1 1/4 cents per bushel and July soybean meal is down $3.10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 32.23 points and NASDAQ is down 122.43 points.