Today is in February. The futures price today for August live cattle futures is $1.38. A rancher anticipates taking his cattle to market (i.e., selling them) in July and plans to hedge the sale with the August contract. He expects the basis in July to be $0.05 under. Given this information, what is the rancher's expected sale price? All prices are per pound.

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