At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day lower, pressured by the continued slide in boxed beef prices. October live cattle closed $.80 lower at $122.80 and December live cattle closed $1.05 lower at $127.52. September feeder cattle closed $1 lower at $154.87 and October live cattle closed $.72 lower at $156.37.
It was a quiet end to the week for direct cash cattle trade following the light to moderate business that took place earlier in the week.
