Direct cash cattle trade is quiet at midday with the week’s business just about wrapped up. Cleanup trade is still possible this afternoon with asking prices for cattle left on showlists at $136 in the South and $226 plus in the North. This week, Southern live deals have come in mostly at $135, $1 lower than last week’s weighted averages. Northern dressed trade has mostly been at $225, $2 lower than last week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.

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