Direct cash cattle trade is off to its typical quiet start to the week.  Buyers and sellers are busy taking inventory. Bids and asking prices have yet to surface and it’s likely the bulk of the week’s business will take place at midweek or later.  Last week Southern live deals were at mostly $124, steady with the previous week’s weighted averages.  Dressed deals were at mostly $195 to $196, steady to $1 lower than the prior week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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