An active direct cash cattle trade has developed across the three major feeding areas.  Live business in Kansas and Texas is marked at $156, about $1 below the previous week’s weighted averages.  Dressed business in Nebraska is at $250, steady to slightly lower than Thursday’s business and $2 below the prior week’s weighted averages basis in Nebraska.  Asking prices are firm at $158 to $159 live in the South and $253-plus dressed in the North. 

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