At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mostly higher and feeders were higher ahead of the Cattle on Feed numbers with additional support from the ongoing strength in boxed beef prices and lower corn. The report was largely supportive for cash and futures prices. August live cattle closed $.87 higher at $124.27 and October live cattle closed $.90 higher at $129.05. August feeder cattle closed $.75 higher at $159.02 and September feeder cattle closed $2.60 higher at $165.50.
