At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher watching direct cash business develop.  February live cattle closed $.37 higher at $153.92 and April live cattle closed $.42 higher at $158.05.  January feeder cattle closed $2.57 higher at $183.47 and March feeder cattle closed $1.80 higher at $185.05. 

There was another light, scattered round of direct cash cattle trade on Thursday.  Live deals in the South were at $154, $1 lower than the prior week’s weighted averages. 

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