A quiet start to direct cash cattle trade activity for this holiday-shortened week.  Bids and asking prices have yet to surface.  It’s likely significant trade will wait until Wednesday or later.  The bulk of last week’s business took place on Wednesday with a little cleanup trade on Thursday and Friday.  Northern dressed deals ranged from $195 to $203, mostly $198, roughly $1 higher than the bulk of the previous week’s trade.  Southern live deals range from $118 to $122, mostly $120 to $122, steady to $2 lower than the prior week.   

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