At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were lower watching corn and waiting for direct cash business to develop. October live cattle closed $.10 higher at $143.57 and December live cattle closed $.45 lower at $146.90. October feeder cattle closed $.95 lower at $176.12 and November feeder cattle closed $.77 lower at $176.27.
There was a light direct cash cattle trade that took place in the South on Tuesday.
Cattle, hog futures end the day lower after an optimistic start
