Livestock and Grain Markets, Prices & Futures
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Cattle feeders turned a tidy profit last week despite a $2 retreat in cash cattle prices.
Feedyard margins remained about $150 per head last week despite a $6 per cwt. retreat in cash cattle prices.
A cash market rally helped add $62 per head to feedyard margins last week, ending with total average profits of $212 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
Cattle feeding margins eroded $62 per head last week, falling $35 into negative territory.
The dog days of summer are here for cattle producers as red ink continues seeping into feedlot ledgers.
Last week’s $2 per cwt cash cattle rally lifted feedyard margins to breakeven.
Last week’s $1 per cwt retreat in cash cattle prices took feedyard margins only modestly lower.
A $1 decline in average fed cattle prices and a $25 per head increase in the cost of feeder cattle pushed cattle feeding losses to $52 per head last week.
Cattle feeding margins slipped further into the red last week.
A decline of $5 per cwt in cash fed cattle prices pushed cattle feeding margins $60 per head lower, leaving losses at $120 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.