DTN Closing Livestock Comment 11/21 16:16
   Slow Trading Livestock Markets Closed Thursday Mixed

   Cattle contracts couldn't keep up with cash cattle price trends, but the
lean hog contracts were able to close the day with the same vigor they started
with.

By ShayLe Stewart
DTN Livestock Analyst



   GENERAL COMMENTS:

   With next week being one of the nation's biggest holidays, you can already
start to feel the markets trading more mundane and looking forward to having
next Thursday off. Hog prices on the National Direct Afternoon Hog Report are
up $0.20 with a weighted average of $42.53. December corn is up 1 3/4 cents per
bushel and December soybean meal is up $1.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
is down 54.80 points and NASDAQ is down 20.52 points.