The direct cash cattle trade is slow to start Tuesday. Not much is expected for at least another day. Early asking prices are about $125.00 plus in the South but have not been established yet in the North.
Boxed beef is higher on light to moderate movement. Choice boxes are 36 cents higher at $343.14. Selects are $2.06 higher at $314.61.
At the Joplin Regional Stockyards feeder cattle auction Monday, they had 4,900 head.
