USDA Weekly Cattle Slaughter; Live Cattle Futures Settle Higher
Friday's USDA cattle slaughter was 104,000 head versus 101,000 head a year ago. Saturday's USDA cattle slaughter was estimated to be 29,000 head versus 9,000 head a year ago.
The total cattle slaughter for last week was 587,000 head versus 543,000 head a year ago.
April live cattle settled at 117.60, up 1.10 cents/lb. June live cattle settled at 107.50, up 0.77 cents/lb. August live cattle settled at 103.05, up 0.65 cents/lb.
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