Direct cash cattle trade activity is picking up.  Bids have surfaced at $104 to $106 live in the South and $164 to $165 dressed in the North.  Asking prices are around $108 live in the South, but have been few and far between in the North.  There was another round of light trade that took place in the South on Tuesday with live deals around $105 to mostly $106, fully steady with Monday’s business and $2 lower than last week’s weighted averages. 

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