Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal Unit
Meat Goats, 6 Head per AU, Western Range Budget
600 Nanny
Southwest Extension District - 10
Animal Units (AU)
Breeding Females
REVENUE
Meat Goat Kid
Meat Goat Kid
Cull Doe - Meat
Cull Buck Goat
Total Revenue
100
600
Head
3.590
2.390
1.200
0.000
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Miscellaneous
Predator Control
Trucking - Sheep and Goats
Marketing Expense
Feed
10-10 Loose Mineral
Whole Shelled Corn
20% Protein Cube
Vet. Medicine
Clostridials S&G
Dew orm S&G-Ivomec
Lice control - S&G
Repairs
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Quantity
Per Head
0.60
0.60
1.10
1.70
358.8
490.8
132
Quantity
$/Unit
$277.00
$277.00
$98.18
$87.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
65
1
1.00
Acre
AU
AU
$0.25
$20.00
$31.34
$16.25
$20.00
$31.34
$9,750.00
$12,000.00
$3,133.52
219
270
8.2
Pound
Pound
CWT
$0.36
$0.14
$19.00
$78.84
$37.53
$155.80
$47,304.00
$22,518.00
$93,480.00
6
12
12
1
2.60
Dose
Dose
CWT
AU
Hours
$2.26
$0.74
$0.46
$35.21
$10.00
6.50%
$13.56
$8.88
$5.52
$35.21
$26.00
$24.57
$453.50
$8,136.00
$5,328.00
$3,312.00
$21,125.30
$15,600.00
$14,743.58
$256,430.40
$669.98
CWT
$417,655.20
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Average Offspring Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation - Equipment
1
Depreciation - Livestock
1
Equipment Investment
$278.27
Pasture Cost
1
Total Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Average Offspring Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$90.27
Units
AU
AU
dollars
Acres
$/Unit
$27.83
$115.50
6.50%
$225.00
$197.97
Total
$596.66
$397.22
$129.60
$0.00
$1,123.48
Enterprise
Total
$357,994.80
$238,330.80
$77,760.00
$0.00
$674,085.60
Units
CWT
CWT
CWT
CWT
Total
$27.83
$115.50
$18.09
$225.00
$386.41
$839.91
$283.56
CWT
Enterprise
Total
$16,696.18
$69,300.00
$10,852.51
$135,000.00
$231,848.69
$488,279.09
$185,806.51
Sensitivity Analysis for Example
Example Weaning Percent
140%
130%
120%
110%
100%
Example
Gross Sales
per AU
$1,289.54
$1,206.51
$1,123.48
$1,040.45
$957.41
Pounds
Produced
per AU
551
521
491
461
431
Example Breakeven
Offspring Pay Weight
to Cover Total Cost
36
39
43
48
54
Example First Offspring Price
Example Second Offspring Price
Example Weighted Average Offspring Price ($/cwt)
Example Average Break Even
Price to Cover Total Cost
$169.63
$182.70
$197.97
$216.01
$237.68
$277.00
$277.00
$277.00
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.
Table 3. Alternative parasite control for Eastern Range and Eastern Farm Flock meat goats
Eastern goats will require 3 – 4 additional drench treatments more than contained in the
western budgets. Each drench will require:
Day Labor – Cowboy
$6.88
Deworm Sheep & Goats
4.56
Louse Control
2.83
Total (6 goats per AU) per treatment
$14.27
* This amount will then be multiplied by 3 or 4 and added to the meat goat budget for an
annual basis.
2015 District-10 Production Budget