Direct cash cattle trade if off to a slow start following the active day on Wednesday.  Live deals are at $138, fully steady money with the week’s previous business.  Asking prices are at $140 live and $223 plus dressed.  Look for some additional trade to develop over the balance of the week.  So far this week, Southern live trade has been marked at mostly $138, fully steady with last week’s weighted averages.  Northern dressed business at mostly $221, steady/weak compared to the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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