At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher watching direct business develop. June live cattle closed $2 higher at $240.20 and August live cattle closed $1.40 higher at $244.75. May feeder cattle closed $1.92 higher at $372.25 and August feeders closed $2.32 higher at $372.45. There was another light round of direct […]
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