It’s a quiet day for direct cash cattle business.  After the active day on Wednesday – it’s likely the bulk of the week’s business has wrapped up.  But some cleanup trade could trickle in before the end of the day Friday.  Asking prices for cattle left on showlists are around $165 live in the South and $265-plus dressed in the North.  Deals this week have been marked at mostly $163 live, $1 lower than the prior week’s weighted averages, and $264 to $265 dressed, steady to $1 higher than the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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