It’s a quiet day for direct cash cattle trade activity following the light to moderate business that took place on Wednesday.  Bids have been slow to surface today.  Asking prices are around $125 live in the South and $198 dressed in the North.  Deals this week have been at mostly $124 live, about steady with last week’s weighted averages.  Northern dressed deals were at mostly $196, also generally steady with last week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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