It’s another sluggish day in cash cattle country. Bids and asking prices have yet to be established for the week. Talks between buyers and sellers are very limited at this time. Significant trade volume could be delayed until Thursday.

Boxed beef was mixed at midday. Choice was $.37 lower at $303.85 and Select was up $2.95 at $280.50.

At the Philip Livestock Auction in South Dakota, there was good demand for many long strings, load lots, and packages of feeder steers, feeder heifers, and tested open heifers.

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