At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly higher ahead of widespread direct cash business and the mixed boxed beef prices during the session. October live cattle closed $.97 higher at $110.17 and December live cattle closed $1.15 higher at $113.10. October feeder cattle closed $.37 higher at $138.50 and November feeder cattle closed $.35 higher at $137.87.
A very light direct cash cattle trade was reported on Wednesday, but not near enough to establish a trend.
