Live Cattle closes sharply higher

February Live Cattle settled sharply higher on the day in a choppy session where both lower and higher on the day were seen. Lean Hogs ended the session higher and Feeder Cattle was down after trading sharply lower in choppy trading across all livestock futures. February Live Cattle settled the trading session at 162.47 up 1.90. April Live Cattle was higher by 2.07 at 161.47. March Feeder Cattle settled trading down 0.82 at 211.90. February Lean Hogs spent the day both up and down, then closed the choppy session at 81.55 up 0.25. April Lean Hogs settled the day at 84.20 up 0.52. June Lean Hogs were 0.80 higher at 90.77. USDA daily slaughter numbers were not posted due to the U.S government holiday today.