Direct cash cattle trade is off to a typically slow start for a Tuesday. Bids and asking prices are not established, and likely won’t be for at least another day or two. Significant trade volume is likely to occur either Thursday or Friday. Business didn’t pick up in the North until Thursday last week with dressed deals ranging from $290 to $295, roughly $3 lower than the previous week’s weighted averages. Southern live business didn’t develop until Friday, mostly at $179, generally steady with the prior week’s weighted averages.

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