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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.

Profit margins declined just $4 per head last week, but are $9 per head higher than a month ago, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

Beef packers saw modest improvement to their long-running negative margins.

Last week, when cash cattle traded at $173 to $174 per cwt., average feedyard margins dropped to $132 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.

Cattle feeding margins nose-dived $100 per head last week, settling at $45 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.