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

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.

Live cattle sales averaged $4 per hundredweight higher last week with relatively steady total feeding costs, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

Record cash fed cattle prices last week at $171 - $172 per cwt. boosted cattle feeding margins $22 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

Cattle feeding margins declined $52 per head last week despite steady cash prices.

Cattle feeders saw profits climb to $213 per head after slipping to $175 per head the week before.