Sterling Profit Tracker
Cattle feeding margins improve, packer margins decline
Cattle feeding margins increased about $15 per head last week, while packer margins declined $7 per head. Feeding margins jumped back above $100 per head, and packer margins remain above $50 per head. The Sterling Profit Quotient gained 43 points for the week, according to estimates developed by Sterling Marketing Inc., Vale, Ore.
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Cattle feeding margins decline, packer margins improve
Cattle feeding margins declined about $12 per head last week, while packer margins improved $30 per head. Feeding margins slipped below the $100 per head threshold, while packer margins jumped above $50 per head.
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Packer margins improve as feeding margins remain strong
Cattle feeding margins declined about $20 per head last week, while packer margins improved $35 per head. Feeding margins remain firmly above $100 per head, and packer margins climbed out of the red for the first time in 2011.
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Feeding margins strong, packer margins improve
Cattle feeding margins declined about $15 per head last week, while packer margins improved $26 per head.
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Feeding margins slightly lower last week
Cattle feeding margins declined about $7 per head last week, while packer margins improved $10 per head.
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Feeding margins higher on cash rally
Cattle feeding margins gained about $37 per head last week, while packer margins declined about $32 per head.
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Feeding, packing margins higher
Cattle feeding margins gained about $4 per head last week, while packer margins gained about $13 per head.
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Packer margins bounce $50 higher
Cattle feeding margins declined about $50 per head last week, while packer margins gained about $50 per head. Feeding margins remain solidly above $80 per head, and packer margins climbed out of negative territory for the week.
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Feeding margins improve, packer margins decline
Cattle feeding margins improved about $15 per head last week, while packer margins declined about $45 per head.
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Feedyard Margins Climb Back Over $100 Mark
Cattle-feeding margins jumped more than $44 per head to average $117.80 last week in our exclusive Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. Those margins remain behind those of one month ago, but well above those of a year ago when feedyards were losing more than $19 per head.
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Feedyard margins climb back over $100 mark
Cattle-feeding margins jumped more than $44 per head to average $117.80 last week in our exclusive Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
