At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mostly lower on spread adjustments, feeder cattle had additional pressure from the day’s higher move in corn. October live cattle closed $.17 higher at $109.87 and December live cattle closed $.02 lower at $112.60. October feeder cattle closed $.20 higher at $138.25 and November feeder cattle closed $.92 lower at $135.52.
A light to moderate direct cash cattle trade took place in all major feeding areas Friday.