It’s a very quiet start for direct cash cattle trade activity following the active day of business Thursday.  Packers were aggressively competing for fed cattle and that resulted in some pretty impressive numbers.  Live deals in the South were marked at mostly $188, $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages.  Dressed business in Nebraska and Iowa was at mostly $302, $4 higher than the prior week’s business.  There were a handful of deals in Iowa marked at $304, those are marked for delayed delivery. 

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