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DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/17 15:51

17 Dec 2024

DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/17 15:51 Live Cattle and Lean Hogs Closed Lower While Feeder Cattle Powered Higher Although the live cattle complex closed lower, the feeder cattle market changed its direction and rounded out the day full higher. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex rounded out the day mixed as the feeder cattle complex was the only market to close fully higher, while both the live cattle and lean hog markets closed mostly lower. No trade surfaced in the cash cattle market. March corn is down 1 1/2 cents per bushel and January soybean meal is up $0.30. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 267.58 points.

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