Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were mixed ahead of the USDA’s on feed report, which was out after the close. December live was up $.37 at $133.52 and February was $.45 higher at $137.70. January feeders were $.45 lower at $160.92 and March was down $.17 at $163.37.
Direct cash cattle business Friday was limited to clean-up activity. Live trade was at mostly $133 to $134, up $1 to $2 from the previous week, while dressed sales were mainly at $210, about $3 higher than the week before.
