It’s a quiet start to the week for direct cash cattle business.  Bids and asking prices have yet to surface as buyers and sellers are busy taking inventory and collecting showlists.  Significant trade volume will likely be delayed until midweek or later.  Dressed deals in the North had a full range of $280 to $287, mostly $285 to $286, $4 to $5 higher than the last week’s weighted averages.  Southern live deals had a range of $170 to $174, mostly $171, compared to the previous week, that’s about steady in Kansas and $1 higher than Texas. 

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