Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Steers - Summer Growth, 0.6 AU per Head - 100 Head
Southwest Extension District - 10
Stocker
Number of Head
100
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.950
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Grazing
Grazing by Month
Health
7way Clostr+Overeat
BRD-PI3-BRSV ML
Dewormer-Avrmec Pour
Feed
10-10 Loose Mineral
Miscellaneous
Trucking
Repairs
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
or Amount
$/Unit
CWT
$167.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
CWT
$292.00
$1,460.00
$146,000.00
2.70
Month
$18.75
$50.63
$5,062.50
1
1
5
Dose
Dose
CWT
$0.41
$2.16
$0.26
$0.41
$2.16
$1.30
$41.00
$216.00
$130.00
30.29
Pound
$0.57
$17.27
$1,726.53
0.95
1
0.950
1
Head
Head
Head
Head
$9.50
$35.65
$20.17
$5.00
6.50%
$9.03
$35.65
$19.16
$5.00
$38.69
$1,639.29
$902.50
$3,565.45
$1,916.15
$500.00
$3,869.04
$163,929.17
6.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$1,031.23
$1,031.23
Total
($608.07)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$252.20
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
1
$140.90
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
$28.18
6.50%
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
$257.94
($60,806.67)
CWT
Total
Enterprise
Total
$28.18
$9.16
$37.34
$2,817.92
$915.82
$3,733.74
$1,676.63
$167,662.92
($645.40)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$103,122.50
$103,122.50
Enterprise
Total
($64,540.42)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
167.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
292.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.32
1.21
1.10
0.99
0.88
680
665
650
635
620
$172.44
$167.68
$162.92
$158.16
$153.40
$259.54
$265.39
$271.52
$277.93
$284.66
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.