It’s a quiet start to the week for direct cash cattle trade activity.  Bids and asking prices have yet to surface.  Look for more business to develop as the week progresses.  Southern live deals last week were at $118 to $120, generally steady with the prior week’s trade.  Northern dressed deals had a full range of $189 to $196, mostly $190 to $191, also generally steady with the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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