At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were higher watching corn and watching direct business develop. February live cattle closed $.25 lower at $155.42 and April lives closed $.02 lower at $159.25. January feeder cattle closed $.60 higher at $181.07 and March feeder cattle closed $.85 higher at $184.30.
A light round of direct cash cattle business trade started to develop late in the day on Thursday in the North.
