Direct cash cattle business is off to a slow start following a couple of days with light to moderate trade.  Bids are at $183 live.  Asking prices are at $184-plus live in the South and $304-plus dressed in the North.  Look for business in the South to pick up over the balance of the week.  Business got underway on Tuesday, so far this week deals in the North were marked at mostly $300 dressed, $10 higher than the prior week’s weighted average basis. 

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