Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating 2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal Unit Meat Goats, 6 Head per AU, Western Range Budget - 600 Nannies Southwest Extension District - 10 Animal Units (AU) Breeding Females 100 600 REVENUE Meat Goat Kid Meat Goat Kid Cull Doe - Meat Cull Buck Goat Total Revenue Head 3.590 2.390 1.200 0.000 VARIABLE COSTS Production Costs Miscellaneous Predator Control Trucking - Sheep and Goats Marketing Expense Feed 20% Protein Cube Whole Shelled Corn 10-10 Loose Mineral Vet. Medicine Clostridials S&G Deworm S&G-Ivomec Lice control - S&G Repairs Labor Interest on Credit Line Total Variable Costs Animal Unit Kid Quantity Per Head 0.60 0.60 1.10 1.70 358.8 490.8 132 Quantity Units CWT CWT CWT CWT $/Unit $273.00 $273.00 $205.00 $168.00 Total $588.04 $391.48 $270.60 $0.00 $1,250.12 Units $/Unit Total Enterprise Total $58,804.20 $39,148.20 $27,060.00 $0.00 $125,012.40 Enterprise Total 65 1 1.00 Acre AU AU $0.25 $20.00 $31.34 $16.25 $20.00 $31.34 $1,625.00 $2,000.00 $3,133.52 8.2 270 219 CWT Pound Pound $18.70 $0.14 $0.57 $153.34 $37.53 $124.83 $15,334.00 $3,753.00 $12,483.00 6 12 12 1 2.60 Dose Dose CWT AU Hours $0.56 $0.46 $0.46 $35.21 $10.00 6.50% $3.36 $5.52 $5.52 $35.21 $26.00 $20.27 $479.16 $336.00 $552.00 $552.00 $3,520.88 $2,600.00 $2,026.70 $47,916.10 $770.96 CWT $77,096.30 Planned Returns Above Variable Costs: Average Kid Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs FIXED COSTS Quantity Depreciation - Equipment 1 Depreciation - Livestock 1 Equipment Investment $139.13 Pasture Cost 1 Total Fixed Costs Total Costs Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit: Average Kid Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs $58.13 Units AU AU dollars Acres $/Unit $27.83 $114.30 6.50% $225.00 $162.97 Total $27.83 $114.30 $9.04 $225.00 $376.17 $855.33 $394.79 CWT Enterprise Total $2,782.70 $11,430.00 $904.38 $22,500.00 $37,617.07 $85,533.18 $39,479.22 Sensitivity Analysis for Example Example Weaning Percent 140% 130% 120% 110% 100% Example Gross Sales per Animal Unit $1,413.79 $1,331.96 $1,250.12 $1,168.29 $1,086.46 Pounds Produced per AU 551 521 491 461 431 Example Breakeven Kid Pay Weight to Cover Total Cost 30 33 36 40 45 Example Male Kid Price Example Female Kid Price Example Weighted Average Kid Price ($/cwt) Example Average Breakeven Price to Cover Total Cost $139.64 $150.40 $162.97 $177.82 $195.66 $273.00 $273.00 $273.00 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 0.46 Louse Control 0.46 Total (6 goats per AU) per treatment $ 7.80 * 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