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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.

Profit margins for both beef and pork producers fell slightly last week, yet both sectors remain solidly profitable.

Cattle feeding margins jumped nearly $20 per head higher last week to average $216.