Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2014 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Steers - Summer Growth, 0.6 AU per Head - 100 Head
Southwest Extension District - 10
Number of head
100
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.950
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Grazing
Grazing by Month
Health
Feed
10-10 Loose Mineral
10-10 Loose Mineral
10-10 Loose Mineral
10-10 Loose Mineral
10-10 Loose Mineral
Miscellaneous
Trucking
Repairs
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
$/Unit
CWT
$144.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
CWT
$166.00
$830.00
$83,000.00
2.70
1
Month
Head
$15.75
$4.17
$42.53
$4.17
$4,252.50
$417.00
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
1.3
Pound
Pound
Pound
Pound
Pound
$0.36
$0.36
$0.36
$0.36
$0.36
$0.94
$0.94
$0.94
$0.94
$0.47
$93.60
$93.60
$93.60
$93.60
$46.80
0.95
1
0.950
1
Head
Head
Head
Head
$9.50
$11.14
$20.17
$10.00
6.50%
$9.03
$11.14
$19.16
$10.00
$21.54
$951.78
$902.50
$1,114.25
$1,916.15
$1,000.00
$2,154.24
$95,177.84
($62.58)
($6,257.84)
6.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$146.43
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$88.06
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Units
$889.20
$889.20
Total
$88,920.00
$88,920.00
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Total
$8.81
$5.72
$14.53
$880.61
$572.39
$1,453.00
Total Costs
$966.31
$96,630.84
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
($77.11)
($7,710.84)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$8.81
6.50%
Enterprise
Total
$148.66
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
144.00
Bid
Price/Cwt
166.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/Cwt)
B/E Sales
Price
($/Cwt)
1.32
1.21
1.10
0.99
0.88
680
665
650
635
620
$158.79
$154.68
$150.58
$146.47
$142.37
$149.58
$152.96
$156.49
$160.18
$164.06
Developed by Rob Hogan, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and not intended to recognize or predict the costs and
returns from any one operation. Brand names are mentioned only as examples and imply no endorsement.