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Beef packers put away the red ink last week as they turned modest profits on every animal processed. Feedyard margins, however, slipped a little further away from positive.

Cash cattle prices dipped nearly 50 cents per cwt.

Whether you’re cattle feeder or packer, ledger sheets are full of red ink.

Cattle feeding margins declined $45 per head last week, leaving average per head losses at more than $77.

Cattle feeding margins improved nearly $25 per head last week, but average per head losses remain more than $32.

Cattle feeding margins declined nearly $53 per head last week, leaving average losses at $56 per head.

The financial pain of feeding cattle eased again last week, but losses remain more than $125 per head.

The pain eased somewhat for cattle feeders last week, but losses remain more than $97 per head.

Cattle feeding margins took another turn south last week after a nearly $4 per cwt. decline in fed cattle prices.

Cattle feeding margins took another tumble last week after a $1 per cwt. decline in fed cattle prices.