Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply lower on the midday decline in boxed beef and traders waiting for direct business to get underway. There was additional pressure from the news during the session that workers at a major processing facility in Colorado voted to strike. April live was down $6.20 at […]
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