At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were sharply lower, waiting for widespread direct trade to get underway. December live was down $1.92 at $225.27 and February was $1.42 lower at $224.97. January feeders were $1.67 lower at $327.47 and March was down $2.30 at $321.02. Cash cattle country has been quiet […]
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