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A $4 per cwt. rally in cash fed cattle prices reduced losses for fed cattle to less than $50 per head last week.

Beef packers saw their margins jump $51 per head higher last week, ending with profits more than $83.

Cattle feeding losses nearly doubled last week as cash fed cattle prices declined another $2 per cwt.

Already facing steep losses, cattle feeders saw their margins decline further in a dismal pre-Labor Day market.

Unfortunately, yes.

With cash fed cattle prices tumbling $6 per cwt. last week an increase in cattle feeding losses was certain.

It’s been a rough fall for cattle feeders, but cowboys found some signs last week that suggest the worst may be behind them.

Cattle feeders hope the cash market found its bottom last week.

Last week’s $2.50 rally in the cash market was another step in the right direction, but closeouts remain $26.46 per cwt. short of break even.

The adjectives have all been used to describe the despair that is cattle feeding. Last week was simply worse than the week before, which was a train wreck.