At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mostly higher and feeders were higher watching corn and waiting for direct cash business to develop. August live cattle closed $1.12 higher at $123.25 and October live cattle closed $.87 higher at $128.15. August feeder cattle closed $.65 higher at $158.90 and September feeder cattle closed $.55 higher at $162.52.
It was a quiet Tuesday for direct cash cattle trade activity. There were some early asking prices that surfaced around $122 plus live in the South and $199 plus dressed in the North.
