At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower ahead of direct cattle business and Friday’s On Feed report from the USDA. August live cattle closed $4.90 lower at $210.65 and October live cattle closed $4.35 lower at $208.55. August feeder cattle closed $6.87 lower at $303.35 and September feeder cattle closed […]
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