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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Post $40 Gains

Cattle feeders found a modest improvement of $40 on closeouts last week, but the bottom-line was still $345 in the red. 

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Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Near $200

Beef packers saw their margins jump more than $86 per head higher last week, leaving average profits at $199, according to calculations by Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore. 

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Profit Tracker: Another Step Back (VIDEO)

After slicing more than 50% off the monstrous losses found a month ago, cattle feeders saw their margins slip $43 per further into the red last week with $2 per cwt. lower bids. 

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Profit Tracker: Margins Improve 38%

Cattle feeding margins improved by 50% over the past two weeks, and by 38% during the past week. 

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Profit Tracker: Margins Improve 20%

A $6-plus per cwt. gain in cash cattle prices produced a 20% improvement in feeding margins.

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Profit Tracker: Losses Near $700

The crisis continues for America’s cattle feeders.

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Profit Tracker: Unrelenting Misery

Another miserable week left many in the cattle feeding business on the brink of financial ruin. 

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Profit Tracker: Losses Now Exceed $600!

Uncharted territory. That’s where America’s cattle feeding industry finds itself as fed cattle lose $611 per head. 

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Profit Tracker: Breakevens Hit $170

Calculated breakeven prices for cattle shipped from feedyards last week were $170.12, according to Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore.

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Profit Tracker: Simply Worse

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. 

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Profit Tracker: Train Wreck Continues

After months of extreme losses, feedyard managers entered November with ideas the worst was behind them. 

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Profit Tracker: Extreme Losses Return

Last week erased the modest gains cattle feeders saw the past few weeks and tacked on more heavy losses. 

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Profit Tracker: Modest Gains, Packers Slipping

Another small rally in cash fed cattle markets provided another modest improvement in feeder margins, but closeouts remain $24.66 per cwt. short of break even. 

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Profit Tracker: $40 Gains, Packers Slip

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.

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Profit Tracker: A River Of Red Ink Flows

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

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Profit Tracker: Catastrophic Feedyard Losses

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

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Profit Tracker: Another Ugly Week

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

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Profit Tracker: Can It Get Any Worse?

Unfortunately, yes. 

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Losses Exceed $300 Per Head

Cattle feeding margins took another hit last week as softer prices added another $35 to closeout losses. 

Profit Tracker: No Relief In Sight

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

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Plummet

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

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Profit Tracker: Packer Margins Surge

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

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Profit Tracker: Another Ugly Week

Cattle feeding losses jumped back into triple digits last week on softer fed cattle prices

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Losses Under $50

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

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Profit Tracker: Packer, Feeding Margins Rebound

Beef packer margins jumped into the black last week while cattle feeders saw their margins improve $88 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Slip

Cattle feeding margins took another tumble last week as cash fed cattle prices declined $2.40 per cwt.

Profit Tracker: Packers, Feeders Both In The Red

Cattle feeders and beef packers are hoping the price lows are in for the summer as both operated at a loss last week.

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Losses Back To Triple Digits

Cattle feeding margins took two steps back last week as cash cattle prices hover around what producers hope are the summer lows.

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Profit Tracker: Rally Boosts Feeding Margins

A much needed price rally helped cattle feeders erase a lot of red ink last week

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Profit Tracker: Packers’ Leverage Grows

Beef packer profit margins continued to grow last week as the beef cutout jumped nearly $5 per cwt. and cash fed cattle prices declined another $2 per cwt.

Profit Tracker: Packers Claim The Ante
Profit Tracker: Packers Claim The Ante

It was good to be a beef packer last week.

Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Slip Further

A $6 per head decline in cattle feeding margins is tolerable, unless you were already losing $112.

Profit Tracker: Margins Remain In ICU

Last week saw dramatic improvement in cattle feeding margins, yet triple-digit losses remain.

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Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Put On Lipstick

Cattle feeders added a little powder and lipstick to closeouts this week, but the ugly continues to shine through.

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Profit Tracker: Feedyard Woes Continue

Cattle feeding margins were unchanged from the previous week, which means the train wreck continues. Despite modest gains in the cash market, cattle feeders lost an average of $206 per head, just $1 better than the previous week.

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Profit Tracker: Feedyard Losses Exceed $200 Per Head

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

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Profit Tracker: Feeder Margins Tumble Again

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

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Profit Tracker: Feeder Margins Tumble, Packer Margins Improve

Beef cutout prices trended about $2.80 per cwt. higher to $256.37, and packer margins improved more than $26 per head, resulting in losses of $15 on every animal processed.

Profit Tracker: Feeder, Packer Margins Improve

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

Profit Tracker: Margins Improve, Remain Negative

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

Profit Tracker: Feeder, Packer Margins Ugly

The pain eased somewhat for cattle feeders last week, but losses remain more than $170 per head.

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Profit Tracker: Feedyard Losses Exceed $200

It was another ugly week for cattle feeders.

Profit Tracker: Packers In The Black, Feedyard Margins Ugly

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.

Profit Tracker: Feedyard Margins Plunge Lower

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