 but he did not commit to a time frame for a rate cut. This helped firm interest rates again on Monday. And again, taking a look at the numbers, the Dow is down 17 points. European markets are lower. Asian markets are higher. Japan's Nikkei up just fractionally. China's Shanghai composite up fractionally as well. On the livestock side of things, yesterday, all in all, it was a quiet day throughout the complexes. Live cattle, closed mixed feeders rallied on corn prices dropping lower, and the hog complex lacked any adequate support.