Direct cash cattle trade activity is quiet for a Monday.  Bids and asking prices are slow to surface.  Showlists this week are larger in Texas, Colorado, and Nebraska, while slightly smaller in Kansas.  Look for business to start earlier than normal, with the shortened holiday week.  Last week’s business took place mostly at midweek.  Northern dressed deals had a full range of $162 to $169.50, mostly $165 to $168, steady to $3 lower than the prior week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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