At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day lower on profit-taking with additional pressure from the weaker cash trade and boxed beef prices. October live cattle closed $.55 lower at $103.92 and December live cattle closed $.62 lower at $107.82. September feeder cattle closed $1.10 lower at $137.60 and October feeder cattle closed $1.12 lower at $138.32.
Another round of light direct cash cattle trade took place on Thursday.
