At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower, pressured by fund liquidation and the recent trend in wholesale beef. August live cattle was down $2.85 at $219.35 and October was $2.92 lower at $216.77. August feeders were $5.85 lower and September was down $5.82 at $319.57. Direct cash cattle trade was […]
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