At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, and feeders were up, waiting for direct business to develop. August live cattle closed $.20 lower at $219.77 and October live cattle closed $.52 higher at $217.35. August feeder cattle closed $1.35 higher at $320.47 and September feeder cattle closed $.85 higher at $320.02. Direct […]
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Commentary. I have been writing about it in this column for more than twenty years, yet it never ceases to amaze
