At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed higher ahead of Friday’s on Feed numbers.  Feeders had additional support from the lower move in corn.  April live cattle closed $.25 higher at $139.67 and June live cattle closed $.97 higher at $136.95.  April feeder cattle closed $.95 higher at $162.72 and May feeder cattle closed $.70 higher at $166.50. 

There was another round of direct cash cattle trade reported on Thursday.

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