Direct cash cattle trade activity is off to a typically quiet start to the week. Buyers and sellers are busy taking inventory, with bids and asking prices yet to surface. Last week’s business was light and scattered. Southern live deals had a full range of $110 to mostly $111, which was generally $1 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages. Northern dressed deals ranged from $170 to $174, generally $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.
