It’s another slow start in direct cash cattle country with bids and asking prices not established. Significant trade volume will likely be delayed until Wednesday or Thursday. Last week’s business had small amounts of transactions taking place here and there starting on Wednesday. The little trade that occurred in Kansas and Texas had a live range of $175 to $180, $3 to $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages. Northern dressed deals had a range of $287 to $295.
