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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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Profit Tracker: Back To Zero

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

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Profit Tracker: Dog Days for Feedlots

The dog days of summer are here for cattle producers as red ink continues seeping into feedlot ledgers.

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Profit Tracker: Margins Back In The Red

Cattle feeding margins eroded $62 per head last week, falling $35 into negative territory. 

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Profit Tracker: Margins Hold In The Black

They’re far from pretty, but cattle feeding margins on a cash basis remain modestly positive.

Profit Tracker: Modest Margins
Profit Tracker: Modest Margins

Cattle feeders continue to find modest positive margins on cattle marketed, despite a significant year-over-year decline in cash fed cattle prices.

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Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Near $200

Beef packer margins increased $6 per head, resulting in average profits of $198 on every animal processed. Packer margins are about $72 per head better than a month ago.

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Profit Tracker: Treading Water

Cattle feeding profits declined $20vper head last week, yet closeouts remained $11 in the black. 

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Profit Tracker: Losing Ground

Cattle feeding profits declined $180 per head last week, yet closeouts remained $32 in the black.

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Profit Tracker: Gaining Momentum

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. 

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Profit Tracker: Profits Remain Above $150

Feedyard margins remained about $150 per head last week despite a $6 per cwt. retreat in cash cattle prices. 

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Profit Tracker: Profits Exceed $200

Cattle feeders turned a tidy profit last week despite a $2 retreat in cash cattle prices. 

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Profit Tracker: Eureka!

Cattle feeders finally found profitability last week after cattle markets posted a $6 to $7 per cwt. rally. 

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Profit Tracker: Nearing Break Even

Feedyards are as close to breaking even on a cash basis as they’ve been during any point in the past 18 months. 

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Profit Tracker: Running Red

Most analysts expected feedyards to be near breakeven by the time the calendar turned to May. May is here and the underperforming cash fed cattle market has kept feedyards struggling.

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Profit Tracker: Another Retreat

Cash fed cattle prices retreated $7.77 per cwt. last week. As a result, closeouts added another $75 of red ink. 

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Profit Tracker: Shifting Momentum

Cash cattle prices may have been stuck in neutral last week, but cattle feeders saw an impressive gain in margins as the price of feeder cattle factored into closeouts dropped significantly. 

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Profit Tracker: Stuck In Red

Cattle feeders generally expected margins to be much better by now. An anticipated spring rally that could have erased a lot of red ink has failed to materialize, leaving feedyard closeouts stuck in neutral with near $200 losses.

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Profit Tracker: Same Old Story

Cattle feeding margins gained only modestly, despite the fact feeder cattle factored into closeouts were $40 per head less than the previous week. 

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Profit Tracker: Another Rough Week

Easter week produced a $3 per cwt. decline in fed cattle prices and a $73 erosion in cattle feeding margins. 

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Profit Tracker: A Step Back

The march toward break even for cattle feeders stumbled last week as average losses increased $36 per head, leaving closeouts $113 in the red, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

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Profit Tracker: No Triple Digit Losses

For the first time in over a year, average cattle feeding losses are out of triple digits, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. 

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Profit Tracker: Steady Progress

It’s the best signal cattle feeders have seen in many months. 

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Profit Tracker: Margins Improve $60 Per Head

Feedyard margins are slowing erasing the red ink. 

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Improve 30%

Last week’s $2 per cwt. rally in cash fed cattle prices helped feedyard closeouts improve nearly $100 per head.

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Profit Tracker: Losses Exceed $300

Last week’s $3 per cwt. decline in cash fed cattle prices dealt another cruel blow to feedyard closeouts. 

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Profit Tracker: A Step Back

Feedyard closeouts declined an average of $20 per head, leaving losses at $265 per head last week, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Improve $100 (VIDEO)

Feedyard closeouts saw a $100 per head improvement last week, bringing losses under the $300 per head mark for the first time in months.