It’s a quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade activity following multiple days light to moderate business.  For the week, Southern live deals have been marked at mostly $138, generally steady (in Texas) to $2 lower (in Kansas) than last week’s weighted averages.  Another week of wide ranges for business in the North with deals anywhere from $230 to $240 dressed, mostly $234 which is about $4 higher than last week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. 

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