At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower and feeders were mixed ahead of direct cash business. October live cattle closed $.60 lower at $125.02 and December live cattle closed $.92 lower at $129.25. October feeder cattle closed $.75 lower at $158.57 and November feeder cattle closed $.07 higher at $161.80.
It was a quiet Tuesday for direct cash cattle trade activity. Asking prices surfaced around $125 to $126 live in the South, while the North was quiet.
