Direct cash cattle trade is off to a typically quiet start to the week.  Packers and producers are busy taking inventory.  Bids and asking prices have yet to be established and it’s likely the bulk of the week’s business will take place midweek or later.  Last week’s business was at mostly $140 live, generally steady with the prior week’s weighted averages.  Dressed business was at mostly $224, $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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