DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/23 18:22
   Livestock Contracts Close Higher on Thursday

   Traders were willing to mildly support the contracts through the day's
close, even though the market's fundamentals weren't overly bullish.

ShayLe Stewart
DTN Livestock Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   The livestock contracts ended the day higher, as traders were willing to
mildly support the contracts even without there being strong developments in
the cash market. There was another thin movement on Thursday in the cash
complex, but prices held steady with Wednesday's business, which is $2 lower in
both regions. May corn is up 1 1/4 cents per bushel, and July soybean meal is
up $0.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 179.71 points, and the
NASDAQ is down 219.07 points.