Direct cash cattle business is off to its typically quiet start to the week.  Buyers and sellers are busy taking inventory and bids and asking prices have yet to be established.  It’s likely significant trade volume will hold out until midweek or later.  Deals last week were marked at $275 to $282 dressed in the North, mostly $280 to $282, steady to $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.  Live deals had a range of $168 to $176, mostly $170, fully steady with the prior week’s weighted averages. 

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