Cattle, hog futures end the week lower

Cattle, hog futures end the week lower

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower, pressured by the week’s cash and wholesale business.  April live cattle closed $2.57 lower at $135.77 June live cattle closed $2.62 lower at $132.52. April feeder cattle closed $3.27 lower at $157.25 and may feeder cattle closed $3.15 lower at $162.35.

It was a quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade activity.  For the week deals in the South were at mostly $140 live, $2 lower than the previous week’s weighted averages.