Cattle futures lower ahead of widespread direct cash business

Cattle futures lower ahead of widespread direct cash business

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower and feeders closed mostly lower waiting for direct cash business to develop.  October lives closed $1.25 lower at $142.57 and December live cattle closed $1.32 lower at $148.47.  September feeders closed $.27 higher at $182.45 and October feeders closed $.20 higher at $183.47. 

There was another round of light direct cash cattle trade on Wednesday.  Deals in the South were at $141 live, $1 below last week’s business. 

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