Cattle futures higher ahead of USDA inventory report

Cattle futures higher ahead of USDA inventory report

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were higher with boxed beef up at midday, expecting a bullish USDA Cattle Inventory report Tuesday. Those numbers are out at 3 Eastern/2 Central. February live cattle was up $2.02 at $158.75 and April was $2.52 higher at $163.35. March feeders were $.45 higher at $183.92 and April was up $.72 at $188.27.

Direct cash cattle markets were quiet. The big feature was the distribution of the week’s show list, which looks larger in Texas, but smaller in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.

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