Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal Unit
Trans Pecos Wool Sheep, 5 Head per AU - 500 Ewe
Far West Extension District - 6
Animal Units (AU)
Breeding Females
REVENUE
Lambs
Lambs
Cull Ewes
Wool
Total Revenue
100
500
Head
2.330
1.230
1.100
5.000
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Miscellaneous
Custom Shearing
Predator Control
Parasite Monitoring
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
0.80
0.80
1.25
8.80
284.8
422.3
137.5
Quantity
Units
CWT
CWT
CWT
Pound
$/Unit
$188.00
$188.00
$69.50
$3.85
Total
$350.43
$184.99
$95.57
$169.40
$800.39
Enterprise
Total
$175,216.00
$92,496.00
$47,784.00
$84,700.00
$400,196.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
5
65
1.375
1.00
AU
Acre
Head
AU
$3.00
$0.25
$2.00
$24.42
$15.00
$16.25
$2.75
$24.42
$7,500.00
$8,125.00
$1,375.00
$2,441.84
150
10.5
14.6
Pound
Pound
Pound
$0.14
$0.36
$0.60
$21.00
$3.78
$8.76
$10,500.00
$1,890.00
$4,380.00
5
10
10
1
3.20
Dose
Dose
Dose
AU
Hours
$11.30
$7.40
$4.60
$143.78
$32.00
$19.30
$310.34
$5,650.00
$3,700.00
$2,300.00
$71,890.62
$16,000.00
$9,649.38
$145,401.84
$490.05
CWT
$254,794.16
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%
$15.93
Units
AU
AU
dollars
Acres
$/Unit
$196.28
$123.96
6.50%
$147.00
$192.46
Total
$196.28
$123.96
$35.51
$147.00
$502.75
$813.09
($12.70)
CWT
Enterprise
Total
$98,142.14
$61,980.00
$17,753.13
$73,500.00
$251,375.26
$396,777.10
$3,418.90
Sensitivity Analysis for Example
Example Weaning Percent
113%
103%
93%
83%
73%
Example
Gross
Sales per
AU
$915.41
$857.90
$800.39
$742.88
$685.37
Pounds
Produced
per AU
483
453
422
392
361
Example Breakeven
Offspring Pay Weight
to Cover Total Cost
64
72
82
95
114
Example Average Break Even
Price to Cover Total Cost
$158.42
$173.79
$192.46
$215.62
$245.11
Example First Offspring Price
Example Second Offspring Price
Example Weighted Average Offspring Price ($/cwt)
$188.00
$188.00
$188.00
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.