Written Commentary
MORNING LIVESTOCK OUTLOOK
Slaughter was down to 121,000 head Thursday due to blizzard conditions in the upper Plains and Midwest and moving into the East Coast. The blizzard is not a long lasting storm and cattle will be sold into next week. With the light kill and light beef movement, Choice beef ended the day with no price change.
Cold and blowing snow in the northern Midwest into parts of Iowa and Nebraska slowed movement of hogs with slaughter dropping to 371,000. Traders took a break Thursday and Lean Hogs closed close to unchanged and prices were mixed.
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