At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mostly higher and feeders were higher, watching corn and the direct markets, with the USDA’s Cattle on Feed numbers out on Friday.  June live cattle closed $.32 higher at $122.82 and August live cattle closed $.25 lower at $122.62.  August feeder cattle closed $1.45 higher at $157.15 and September feeder cattle closed $1.12 higher at $159.20. 

There was another very light, scattered round of direct cash cattle trade that took place on Thursday. 

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