A slow start to the day for direct cash cattle trade.  Bids have been few and far between.  Asking prices are around $106 plus live in the South, with no activity coming out of the North.  Some business could develop as the day progresses, but there’s always the possibility significant trade volume will be delayed until sometime Thursday or Friday.  Today’s Fed Cattle Exchange had an offering of 683 head with 219 head sold at $104 to $104.25. 

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