CME August live cattle futures settled down 0.075 cent to 207.85 cents per pound - though most other traded contracts firmed. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle futures rose 0.025 cent to end at 297.500 cents per pound. And consumer demand for beef and wholesale beef prices have stayed strong as the US enters the height of grilling season, market analysts said. But on Tuesday morning, wholesale beef prices continued to surge: Choice cuts of boxed beef rose $5.63 to $360.44 per hundredweight (cwt), while select cuts rose $1.01 to $345.12 per cwt, US Department of Agriculture data showed. "Everyone's now wondering how much further can these wholesale beef prices be pushed before consumers start to balk, and turn to cheaper options," said Dan Norcini, independent livestock analyst.