Direct cash cattle trade activity is sluggish following two days of light to moderate trade. Asking prices for cattle left on showlists are around $112 live in the South and $175 dressed in the North. Trade this week has been at mostly $110 live in the South, which is steady to weak with the prior week’s weighted averages. Northern dressed deals were at mostly $172 to $173, generally steady to $1 lower than the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.
