October live cattle is trading at 103.60, up 0.12 cents/lb. December live cattle is trading at 103.72, up 0.10 cents/lb. February live cattle is trading at 104.17, up 0.07 cents/lb. Live cattle futures are trading lower steady. Trading is choppy Wednesday's USDA cattle slaughter was 114,000 head versus. The total for the week is now 338,000 head, down from 339,000 head last week and up from 332,000 a year ago.