At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower and feeders were mixed ahead of widespread direct cash business. April live closed $1.02 lower at $164.10 and June lives closed $1.15 lower at $159.45. April feeders were unchanged at $193.85 and May feeders closed $.17 lower at $198.82.
Thursday was another relatively quiet day for direct cash cattle business. A few scattered bids surfaced at $262 dressed in the North, but the rest of cattle country was relatively quiet.
