A quiet start to direct cash cattle trade activity following the active day on Wednesday. Bids are scarce. Asking prices are firm at $123 live in the South and $200 dressed in the North. Look for more business to develop over the balance of the week. Northern dressed deals this week have had a range of $195 to $198, mostly $197 to $198, steady to $1 higher than last week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.
