At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day higher and feeders were lower watching corn. October live cattle closed $.22 higher at $125.97 and December live cattle closed $.67 higher at $130.97. October feeder cattle closed $.85 lower at $157.57 and November feeder cattle closed $.72 lower at $161.42.
It was a quiet end to the week for direct cash cattle trade activity. Deals throughout the week were at mostly $124 live, about steady with the prior week’s weighted averages.
