Direct cash cattle trade is at a standstill. The bulk of the week’s business has wrapped up. Asking prices for the few cattle left on showlists are around $143 live in the South and $228 plus dressed in the north. Deals this week have been at $142 live in the South, generally $2 higher than last week’s weighted averages. Northern dressed business at mostly $226, about $2 higher than last week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.
