The financial institution hired a new employee with no prior experience to handle a client. The employee mistakenly instructed the trader to buy an additional live cattle futures contract instead of selling one as the client intended, leaving them with two long contracts. When the mistake was discovered, trading had ceased. The institution was then notified it would receive a delivery of live cattle the following Tuesday at a location 2000 miles away, and would need to arrange food and housing for the cattle until the next auction. The inexperienced employee now faced problems arranging for the cattle delivery.