At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, mostly higher, and feeder cattle closed mostly higher waiting for direct business to develop.  December live cattle closed $.50 lower at $108.60 and February live cattle closed $.22 lower at $112.87.  January feeder cattle closed $.07 higher at $140.10 and March feeder cattle closed $.30 higher at $140.90. 

For the most part, it was another quiet day for direct cash cattle trade.  There were a few scattered deals reported at $165 dressed, but it’s not near enough to establish a trend. 

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