Direct cash cattle markets are quiet. Packer inquiry is improving and it looks like widespread direct trade will wait for later today or maybe even Friday. Asking prices are $175+ on the live basis and $275+ dressed, with bids of $270 dressed in Nebraska. This week’s show list looks mixed, nearly unchanged in Kansas, at least a little lower in Texas, and higher in Nebraska and Colorado.
Boxed beef at midday was lower with light to moderate movement.
