DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/31 16:21
   Traders Push the Livestock Contracts Higher on 2025's Last Calendar Day

   The cattle contracts closed higher on Wednesday afternoon as traders remain
optimistic about the year ahead.

ShayLe Stewart
DTN Livestock Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   The livestock complex rounded out the 2025 calendar year mixed, with the
cattle contracts higher and the lean hog contracts mostly lower. No sizeable
cash cattle trade has yet developed this week, but packer interest should
improve on Friday. March corn is down 1/4 cent per bushel, and March soybean
meal is down $2.90. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 303.77 points, and
the NASDAQ is down 177.09 points.