At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed ahead of widespread direct business, and feeders were lower on another round of technical liquidation. December live cattle closed $.60 lower at $226.57 and February live cattle closed $.10 higher at $224.10. November feeder cattle closed $5.05 lower at $333.40 and January feeder cattle closed $9.55 […]
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