Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal Unit
Trans Pecos Meat Goats, 6 Head per AU - 600 Nanny
Far West Extension District - 6
Animal Units (AU)
Breeding Females
REVENUE
Meat Goat Kid
Meat Goat Kid
Cull Nanny
Cull Buck Goat
Total Revenue
100
600
Head
3.600
2.400
1.200
0.000
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Miscellaneous
Predator Control
Marketing Expense
Feed
Cottonseed - S&G
10-10 Loose Mineral
Working Dog Food
Vet. Medicine
Clostridials S&G
Deworm 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
360
492
132
Quantity
Units
CWT
CWT
CWT
CWT
$/Unit
$277.00
$277.00
$98.18
$87.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
$598.32
$398.88
$129.60
$0.00
$1,126.80
Total
Enterprise
Total
$358,992.00
$239,328.00
$77,760.00
$0.00
$676,080.00
Enterprise
Total
65
1.00
AU
AU
$0.25
$31.44
$16.25
$31.44
$9,750.00
$3,144.00
180
12.6
4.92
Pound
Pound
Pound
$0.14
$0.36
$0.60
$25.20
$4.54
$2.95
$15,120.00
$2,721.60
$1,771.20
6
12
12
1
2.60
Dose
Dose
Dose
AU
Hours
$13.56
$8.88
$5.52
$143.78
$26.00
$19.37
$297.49
$8,136.00
$5,328.00
$3,312.00
$86,268.74
$15,600.00
$11,620.79
$162,772.33
$829.31
CWT
$513,307.67
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Average Offspring Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation - Equipment
1
Depreciation - Livestock
1
Equipment Investment
$546.25
Pasture Cost
1
Total Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Average Offspring Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$2.26
$0.74
$0.46
$143.78
$10.00
6.50%
$46.64
Units
AU
AU
dollars
Acres
$/Unit
$196.28
$121.98
6.50%
$147.00
$185.74
Total
$196.28
$121.98
$35.51
$147.00
$500.77
$798.26
$328.54
CWT
Enterprise
Total
$117,770.56
$73,188.00
$21,303.75
$88,200.00
$300,462.31
$463,234.65
$212,845.35
Sensitivity Analysis for Example
Example Weaning Percent
140%
130%
120%
110%
100%
Example
Gross
Sales per
AU
$1,293.00
$1,209.90
$1,126.80
$1,043.70
$960.60
Pounds
Produced
per AU
552
522
492
462
432
Example Breakeven
Offspring Pay Weight
to Cover Total Cost
34
37
40
45
50
Example Average Break Even
Price to Cover Total Cost
$159.20
$171.45
$185.74
$202.62
$222.89
Example First Offspring Price
Example Second Offspring Price
Example Weighted Average Offspring Price ($/cwt)
$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.