At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed higher on technical buying, watching the direct markets. October live cattle closed $1.07 higher at $178.02 and December lives closed $1.37 higher at $178.60. October feeders closed $2.25 higher at $239.75 and November feeder cattle closed $1.45 higher at $235.47. There was another light round […]
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