At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle closed mixed, and feeders were lower watching corn and waiting for direct business to develop. December live cattle closed $.10 higher at $132.20 and February live cattle closed $.42 lower at $136.70. November feeder cattle closed $.67 lower at $157.90 and January feeder cattle closed $.50 lower at $159.80.
It was a quiet Tuesday for direct cash cattle trade activity. There were a few bids to surface in parts of Nebraska at $130 live.