It’s a very quiet start again for direct cash cattle business.  Asking prices for cattle left on showlists are around $180-plus in the South and $296 dressed in the North.  At least a little more business should take place over the balance of the week.  There was a light to moderate trade reported on Thursday.  Deals in the South were at $179, about $1 lower than the previous week’s weighted averages.  A handful of dressed deals in the North were at $295 to $298 and $187 to $188 live, about steady with the prior week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska.

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