It’s a typically quiet Monday for direct cash cattle trade activity as buyers and sellers are preparing for the week ahead.  Bids and asking prices will likely be delayed until later in the week with significant trade volume holding out until sometime Thursday or Friday.  Last week a light trade developed in the South on Thursday with some cleanup business on Friday.  Live deals were marked at $184 to $190, mostly $185, about $1 lower below the prior week’s weighted averages. 

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