At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mixed waiting for direct business to develop and the mixed boxed beef. Feeder cattle were sharply higher on the sharply lower move in corn. August live cattle closed $.40 higher at $122.40 and October live cattle closed $.07 higher at $128.15. August feeder cattle closed $3.57 higher at $160.62 and September feeder cattle closed $3.30 higher at $162.72.
It was a quiet start to direct cash cattle trade activity for the holiday-shortened week.
