At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures ended the day mostly higher, ahead of widespread direct cash business. October live cattle closed $.17 higher at $105.47 and December live cattle closed $.17 higher at $109.15. September feeder cattle closed $.17 lower at $140.12 and October feeder cattle closed $.02 higher at $140.65.
Some scattered direct cash cattle trade took place across cattle country on Tuesday. Live deals were reported in Kansas and in Texas at $104, that $1 lower than last week.
