At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day mixed, adjusting spreads. June live cattle closed $.27 lower at $133.82 and August live cattle closed $.25 lower at $135.85. May feeder cattle closed $.10 lower at $159.37 and August feeder cattle closed $.72 lower at $173.55.
It was a quiet end to the week for direct cash cattle trade activity following several days of light to moderate business. Deals for the week were at mostly $138 live, fully steady with the previous week’s weighted averages.