At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up, watching direct business develop. February live cattle closed $2.10 higher at $224 and April live cattle closed $1.77 higher at $225.17. January feeder cattle closed $4.72 higher at $336.57 and March feeder cattle closed $3.92 higher at $329.72. There was a light round of […]
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