DTN Closing Livestock Comment 02/18 15:46
   Hogs Trade Higher While Cattle Close Mixed

   Following Tuesday's sharp rally, the cattle complex wasn't comfortable
seeing the live cattle contracts trade fully higher without seeing what was
directly going to develop in the cash market.

ShayLe Stewart
DTN Livestock Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   The livestock complex closed mixed, with the cattle contracts seeing mixed
support from traders, but the lean hog contracts were able to close fully
higher. Still no trade has developed in the fed cash cattle market. March corn
is up 3/4 cent per bushel and March soybean meal is down $1.90. The Dow Jones
Industrial Average is up 129.47 points and the NASDAQ is up 175.25 points.