At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day mixed ahead of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report. October live cattle closed $.05 lower at $123.22 and December live cattle closed $.07 higher at $128.62. September feeder cattle closed $.10 higher at $154.90 and October feeder cattle closed $.82 lower at $156.85.
It was a quiet Thursday for direct cash cattle trade activity following the light to moderate business that took place at midweek.