Live cattle mostly lower to end the week

Live cattle mostly lower to end the week

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower and feeders were mostly higher watching corn and adjusting spreads. 

It was a quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade activity. Deals for the week were marked at $232 dressed in the North, steady with the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.  Southern live deals were at mostly $140, with a few at $141, fully steady with prior week’s business. 

At the Winter Livestock Auction in Kansas, compared to last week feeder steers 900 to 1,025 pounds were $3 to $5 higher.