Live cattle futures closed in the green on St. Patrick's Day, with prices rising from $234-236. Meanwhile, feeder cattle futures saw gains of $4.32 to $5.22. The CME Feeder Cattle Index dropped another $1.30 to $357.05 on March 13. Wholesale Boxed Beef prices also rose, with Choice boxes up 65 cents to $403.31 and Select being $2.21 higher to $396.72. The USDA estimated federally inspected cattle slaughter for Tuesday at 109,000 head, down 4,000 from last week and 30,219 from the same week last year.