At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle and feeder cattle are higher, supported by the week’s cash trade and higher boxed beef during the session.  April live cattle closed $1.02 higher at $140.50 and June closed $1.15 higher at $137.07.  April feeder cattle closed $1.22 higher at $162.32 and May feeder cattle closed $1.57 higher at $167.45. 

It was a quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade following the light to moderate business that took place on Thursday. 

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