At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher ahead of the Cattle on Feed numbers with support from lower corn prices and higher boxed beef.  August live cattle closed $.75 higher at $120.80 and October live cattle closed $1.42 higher at $126.67.  August feeder cattle closed $1.42 higher at $158.20 and September feeder cattle closed $1.40 higher at $160.70. 

There was another round of light to moderate direct cash cattle trade that took place on Thursday.   

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