DTN Closing Livestock Comment 05/21 15:35
   A Handful of Northern Cattle Sold for $360, $2.00 Higher Than Last Week

   It was surprising to see some dressed sales in the North marked at $360 as
prices were expected to trade steady this week.

ShayLe Stewart
DTN Livestock Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   The livestock futures closed mixed with the live cattle complex able to
maintain its higher position through the day's end, thanks to some added
support of the fed cash cattle market. However, both the lean hog and feeder
cattle contracts closed lower. Some light trade developed in the North at $360,
which is $2.00 higher than last week's weighted average. July corn is up 6 1/2
cents per bushel and July soybean meal is up $1.50. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average is down 843.46 points and NASDAQ is down 300.71 points.