Direct cash cattle trade is off to a slow start following the active day on Wednesday.  Asking prices for cattle left on showlists are around $140 live in the South and $222 dressed in the North.  More business is expected to develop before the end of the week.  Deals on Wednesday were marked at $138 live, fully steady with last week’s business.  Dressed deals were at $220, steady to $1 lower than last week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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