Direct cash cattle trade is off to a quiet start with both buyers and sellers busy taking inventory. Bids and asking prices will likely be slow to surface and the bulk of the week’s business will hold out until midweek or later. Deals in the South were at mostly $142 live, about $2 higher than the prior week’s weighted averages. Northern deals were at mostly $226, also about $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.
