Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed, with boxed beef mixed at midday, as traders waited to see how much direct cash cattle business was left to be done this week. December was down $.45 at $122.47 and February was $.05 lower at $128.52. All other months were firm to modestly higher.
Feeder cattle were higher, supported by the lower corn and expectations for plenty of available feed after the USDA increased its 2017/18 ending stocks estimate for corn.
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