 Opening cattle calls are steady to mix, hogs lower to mixed. Cash cattle trade was not anticipated until late in the week when packers need cattle and they paid steady money in the south. This is unusual during the week of the cattle on feed report. Feedlots were anxious to move cattle and packers wanted to buy them. It was expected cash trade would be lower due to the weakness of boxed beef. There are expectations northern dress cattle could trade higher. We'll look at the numbers next.