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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.

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.

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

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

It was another ugly week for cattle feeders.

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.