Live cattle futures higher at midweek

At the CME, live cattle closed higher and feeders were mostly higher ahead of the week’s direct cash business and Friday’s On Feed numbers.  December live cattle closed $.50 higher at $132.22 and February live cattle closed $.30 higher at $136.40. November feeder cattle closed $.42 higher at $156.07 and January feeder cattle closed $.35 lower at $158.92.   It was a slow Wednesday for direct cash cattle trade activity.  A few bids surfaced in parts of Nebraska at $132 live and $207...