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Profit Tracker: Feeder Margins Falling, Packers Up
Profit Tracker: Feeder Margins Falling, Packers Up

Healthy profits remain for both feeders, packers.

Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Drop $58
Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Drop $58

Both feedyards and packers remained solidly profitable last week.

Profit Tracker: Margins And Caution Increase
Profit Tracker: Margins And Caution Increase

Feedyards and packers earned tidy profits on a cash basis last week, but the numbers suggest the party is winding down.

Profit Tracker: Break Evens Drop Below $100 per CWT
Profit Tracker: Break Evens Drop Below $100 per CWT

Feedyard margins increase despite $1 decline in cash prices.

Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Erode
Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Erode

Feedyard managers are watching profit margins slowly shrink as the market settles into a seasonal summer slide. Average feeding margins registered $242 per head last week, a tidy profit any day, but $43 per head lower t

Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Top $300
Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Top $300

Leverage shifting from feedyards to packers as summer begins.

Profit Tracker: Slipping Lower
Profit Tracker: Slipping Lower

Feedyard margins declined $90 per head last week.

Profit Tracker: Steady Money
Profit Tracker: Steady Money

Feedyards were profitable for the 29th consecutive week.

Feedyards were profitable for the 28th consecutive week.
Profit Tracker: Post-Holiday Rally

Feedyards were profitable for the 28th consecutive week.

Profit Tracker: Margins Hold Above $400
Profit Tracker: Margins Hold Above $400

Cattle feeding margins were positive for the 27th consecutive week.

Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Near $200
Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Near $200

Cattle feeding margins declined for the second week, but profits remain excellent.

Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Double
Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Double

Despite the $8 price slide, it was a banner week for feeders and packers.

Profit Tracker: Making Bank
Profit Tracker: Making Bank

Profit margins soared last week for both feeders and packers.

Profit Tracker: Rally Squeezes Packer Margins
Profit Tracker: Rally Squeezes Packer Margins

A $5 rally to cash cattle prices cut packer margins nearly in half.

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Exceed $170

Cattle feeders saw positive margins on closeouts for the ninth consecutive week.

Profit Tracker: Margins Retreat for Packers, Producers

Cattle feeders turned a profit for the eighth consecutive week.

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Profit Tracker: Feedyard Margins Exceed $150

Feedlot closeouts continue ending on positive notes.

Profit Tracker: Feedyard Margins Exceed $150
Profit Tracker: Feedyard Margins Exceed $150

Cattle feeders recorded their seventh consecutive week with positive closeouts, maintaining profits north of $150 per head for the week ended Jan. 6.

Profit Tracker: Triple Digit Profits All Around
Profit Tracker: Triple Digit Profits All Around

Cowboys and packers finished 2016 on a high note, maintaining per head profits north of $100 for the week ended Dec. 30.

Profit Tracker: Packers Pay Up, Margins Go Up
Profit Tracker: Packers Pay Up, Margins Go Up

Beef packers raised their bids and their profits last week.

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Profit Tracker: Profits 4 Consecutive Weeks

Cattle feeders earned average profits of $68 per head last week, $30 per head more than the previous week.

Profit Tracker: Profits 4 Consecutive Weeks
Profit Tracker: Profits 4 Consecutive Weeks

Cattle feeders earned average profits of $68 per head last week, $30 per head more than the previous week.

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Profit Tracker: Still in the Black

Normally when profit margins decline $50-plus per head there’s no rejoicing. 

Profit Tracker: Still in the Black
Profit Tracker: Still in the Black

Normally when profit margins decline $50-plus per head there's no rejoicing.

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Profit Tracker: Profits Near Triple-Digits

Cattle feeders turned a tidy profit for the second consecutive week.

Profit Tracker: Profits Near Triple-Digits
Profit Tracker: Profits Near Triple-Digits

Cattle feeders turned a tidy profit for the second consecutive week.

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Profit Tracker: Eureka! In the Black

Cattle feeders earned a small profit on cattle sold last week, the first positive closeouts in months.

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Profit Tracker: Thankful Feedlot Losses Aren't Worse

The red ink has started to slow down for feedlots and cattle prices have rallied lately, giving beef producers something to be thankful for.

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Profit Tracker: Losses Exceed $115

Losses continue to mount for feedlots.

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Profit Tracker: Steady Prices, Steady Losses

Feedyard margins saw only slight improvement last week as direct trade prices held steady.

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Profit Tracker: Rally Erases Much Red Ink

Last week's market rally helped feedyards erase much of their red ink, but not all.

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Profit Tracker: Improvement

Calling losses of $193 per head an improvement may be painful, but it’s accurate.

Profit Tracker: Improvement
Profit Tracker: Improvement

Calling losses of $193 per head an improvement may be painful, but it's accurate.

Profit Tracker: Collapse
Profit Tracker: Collapse

Struggling with negative margins of less than $100 per head for several weeks, feedyards witnessed a massive increase in losses last week as cash prices dipped below $98 per cwt.

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Profit Tracker: Collapse

Cattle prices have fallen and so are profits.

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Profit Tracker: In Retreat

Feedyard margins dropped another $20 last week to total an average loss of $90 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. 

Profit Tracker: In retreat
Profit Tracker: In retreat

Feedyard margins dropped another $20 last week to total an average loss of $90 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

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Profit Tracker: A Step Back

Feedyard margins declined $28 per head last week to total an average loss of $70 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. 

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Profit Tracker: From Bad to Better

Feedyard margins improved last week despite a $3 per cwt. decline in cash cattle prices. 

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Profit Tracker: Rally Reduces Losses $112

Last week’s $4-plus rally in cash fed cattle prices cut average feedyard losses in half, leaving the red ink totaling $90 on every animal shipped.

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Profit Tracker: Losses Exceed $200

With cash cattle prices tumbling another $4 per cwt lower, cattle feeding margins fell accordingly.

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Profit Tracker: Losses Exceed $120

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. 

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Profit Tracker: Losses Near $60

Cattle feeding margins slipped further into the red last week. 

Profit Tracker: Losses near $60
Profit Tracker: Losses near $60

Cattle feeding margins slipped further into the red last week.

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Profit Tracker: Losses Exceed $50

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.

Profit Tracker: Losses exceed $50
Profit Tracker: Losses exceed $50

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, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

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Profit Tracker: Modest Losses

Last week’s $1 per cwt retreat in cash cattle prices took feedyard margins only modestly lower. 

Profit Tracker: Modest losses
Profit Tracker: Modest losses

Last week's $1 per cwt retreat in cash cattle prices took feedyard margins only modestly lower.

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Profit Tracker: Back To Zero

Last week’s $2 per cwt cash cattle rally lifted feedyard margins to breakeven.