It’s a typically quiet Monday for direct cash cattle trade activity.  Buyers and sellers have been taking inventory.  Bids and asking prices have yet to surface and significant trade volume is expected to wait until midweek or later.  Most of last week’s trade took place on Thursday with a little cleanup business reported on Friday.  Southern live deals had a full range of $102 to $105, mostly $105, which was generally $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages. 

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