Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2013 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Steers - Summer Growth, 0.6 AU per Head - 100 Head
Far West Extension District - 6
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
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
$4.29
$42.53
$4.29
$4,252.50
$429.00
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
1.3
1
1
1
Pound
Pound
Pound
Pound
Pound
Head
Head
Head
$0.36
$0.36
$0.36
$0.36
$0.36
$11.30
$29.67
$10.00
6.50%
$0.94
$0.94
$0.94
$0.94
$0.47
$11.30
$29.67
$10.00
$21.56
$953.55
$93.60
$93.60
$93.60
$93.60
$46.80
$1,129.59
$2,967.00
$1,000.00
$2,155.53
$95,354.82
($64.35)
($6,434.82)
6.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$146.70
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$89.27
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
$889.20
$889.20
Total
$88,920.00
$88,920.00
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Total
Enterprise
Total
$8.93
$5.80
$14.73
$892.73
$580.27
$1,473.00
Total Costs
$968.28
$96,827.81
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
($79.08)
($7,907.81)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$8.93
6.50%
Total
Enterprise
Total
Units
$148.97
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
144.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/Cwt)
Bid
Price/Cwt
166.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/Cwt)
1.32
1.21
1.10
0.99
0.88
680
665
650
635
620
$158.39
$154.29
$150.18
$146.08
$141.98
$149.89
$153.27
$156.81
$160.51
$164.39
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.