At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed mixed ahead of the Cattle on Feed report. Overall, the numbers look bearish. October live cattle closed $.30 lower at $122.92 and December live cattle closed $.47 lower at $128.15. September feeder cattle closed $.27 lower at $154.62 and October feeder cattle closed $.50 higher at $157.35.
It was a quiet end to the week for direct cash cattle trade activity. There was light to moderate business that took place at midweek.
