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Average feedyard closeouts continued to show solid profits on cattle marketed the final week of March.

Cattle feeding margins declined by $80 per head last week as cash prices slumped $1 to $2 per cwt.

Cattle feeding margins improved $16 per head last week as cash prices inched higher less than $1 per cwt.

Cattle feeding margins improved $43 per head last week as cash prices gained nearly $2 per cwt.

Cattle feeding margins improved $57 per head last week, due primarily to lower prices paid for incoming feeder cattle against last week’s marketings.

A $3 per cwt retreat in cash cattle prices pushed cattle feeding margins $67 per head lower.

Cattle feeding margins are rapidly declining as cash cattle prices retreat from spring highs

Cash cattle prices $3 to $4 lower means cattle feeding margins declined another $33 per head last week.

Both cattle feeding and packer margins improved last week, even as cash fed cattle prices dipped another $1 per cwt.

Profits continue to increase for both cattle and hog producers.