At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mixed and feeder cattle were lower watching corn and consolidating ahead of the long holiday weekend. June live cattle closed $.47 lower at $115.87 and August live cattle closed $.82 lower at $118.60. August feeder cattle closed $1.50 lower at $151.35 and September feeder cattle closed $1.30 lower at $153.52.
A quiet end to the week for direct cash cattle trade activity. Southern live deals ranged from $116 to $120, mostly $119 to $120, steady to $1 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages.
