It’s a typically quiet Monday for direct cash cattle trade activity with both buyers and sellers busy taking inventory.  Bids and asking prices have yet to be established.  With the shortened holiday week, business could take place early, or could hold out until right before the holiday break.  Deals last week had a full range of $132 to $135, mostly $133 to $134, which is $1 to $2 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages. 

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