At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher with boxed beef higher at midday and looking ahead to the On Feed numbers.  While the numbers appear to be supportive to prices, that will largely depend on long-term demand.  October live cattle closed $.50 higher at $178.82 and December live cattle closed $.65 higher at $183.17.  September feeder cattle closed $1.40 higher at $248.52 and October feeders closed $1.37 higher at $250.70. 

There was some very scattered, very light direct cash cattle business that took place on Friday. 

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