Beef - General
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Cattle feeding margins declined despite cash prices that were steady across all regions. Packer margins improved with higher beef cutout prices.
Average feedyard closeouts improved last week as cash prices inched modestly higher.
Average feedyard closeouts continued to show solid profits on cattle marketed the final week of March.
Profit margins for cattle sold for slaughter last week declined $55 per head, according to the Sterling Profit Tracker.
Cattle feeding margins improved $16 per head last week as cash prices inched higher less than $1 per cwt.
Cattle feeding margins declined by $80 per head last week as cash prices slumped $1 to $2 per cwt.
A $3 per cwt retreat in cash cattle prices pushed cattle feeding margins $67 per head lower.
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.
Cash cattle prices $3 to $4 lower means cattle feeding margins declined another $33 per head last week.
Cattle feeding margins are rapidly declining as cash cattle prices retreat from spring highs
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.
Cattle feeders’ profits last week were $271 per head more than at the same time last year when $114 per head losses were recorded.
Cattle feeding margins jumped nearly $20 per head higher last week to average $216.
Profit margins for both beef and pork producers fell slightly last week, yet both sectors remain solidly profitable.