DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/22 15:57
22 Dec 2023
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/22 15:57 Cattle On-Feed Numbers Increase 3% Friday afternoon was a "report heavy" day with the limited pre-holiday trade saddled with not only the December cattle on feed report, but the Dec. 1s quarterly hogs and pigs report. Each report revealed a glimmer of hope, but left market watchers less encouraged than they expected by the end of Friday afternoon. Rick Kment DTN Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: From Friday to Friday, livestock futures scored the following changes: December Live cattle up $1.83, February Live cattle off $0.82; January Feeder cattle up $1.85, March Feeder cattle up $2.22; February Lean hogs off $0.55, February Lean hogs off $0.55; February Pork cutout up $0.00, April Pork cutout up $0.05.