Widespread direct cash cattle business is likely largely wrapped up for the week after mostly moderate trade. The bulk of activity was at $97 on the live basis, up $1 from the previous week’s weighted average in the south, and at $160 dressed, $2 higher than the week before in the north. What’s left on the showlist is priced around $98+ live and $162 dressed with a few bids at $163 dressed in Nebraska, but activity should be mostly limited to clean-up activity, and most of that will probably be in the north.

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