Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal Unit
Trans Pecos Angora Goats, 7 Head per AU - 700 Nannies
Far West Extension District - 6
Animal Units (AU)
Breeding Females
REVENUE
Angora Kid
Angora Kid
Cull Angora Doe
Adult Mohair
Yearling Mohair
Kid Mohair
Total Revenue
100
700
Head
3.800
2.410
1.660
7.000
7.000
7.000
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Miscellaneous
Custom Shearing
Predator Control
Marketing Expense
Feed
10-10 Loose Mineral
Cottonseed - S&G
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
0.65
0.65
1.10
6.86
2.00
3.00
403.65
586.25
182.6
Quantity
Enterprise
Total
$67,184.00
$42,608.80
$15,238.80
$26,507.04
$9,100.00
$15,750.00
$176,388.64
Units
CWT
CWT
CWT
Pound
Pound
Pound
$/Unit
$272.00
$272.00
$83.45
$5.52
$6.50
$7.50
Total
$671.84
$426.09
$152.39
$265.07
$91.00
$157.50
$1,763.89
Units
$/Unit
Total
7
65
1.00
Head
Acre
AU
$3.00
$0.25
$41.24
$21.00
$16.25
$41.24
$2,100.00
$1,625.00
$4,123.88
14.7
210
Pound
Pound
$0.57
$0.13
$8.38
$27.30
$837.90
$2,730.00
7
14
14
1
2.60
Dose
Dose
Dose
AU
Hours
$0.56
$0.46
$0.46
$39.16
$10.00
6.50%
$3.92
$6.44
$6.44
$39.16
$26.00
$12.05
$208.17
$392.00
$644.00
$644.00
$3,915.60
$2,600.00
$1,204.61
$20,816.99
$1,555.72
($113.41) CWT
$155,571.65
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Average Kid Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation - Equipment
1
Depreciation - Livestock
1
Equipment Investment
$515.41
Pasture Cost
1
Total Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Average Kid Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Units
AU
AU
dollars
Acres
$/Unit
$61.68
$123.98
6.50%
$225.00
($3.38)
Total
$61.68
$123.98
$33.50
$225.00
$444.16
$652.33
$1,111.55
CWT
Enterprise
Total
Enterprise
Total
$6,168.00
$12,398.00
$3,350.17
$22,500.00
$44,416.17
$65,233.16
$111,155.48
Sensitivity Analysis for Example
Example Weaning
Percent
129%
119%
109%
99%
89%
Example Gross
Sales per
Animal Unit
$1,965.90
$1,864.89
$1,763.89
$1,662.88
$1,561.88
Pounds
Produced
per AU
661
623
586
549
512
Example Breakeven
Kid Pay Weight to
Cover Total Cost
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
Example Male Kid Price
Example Female Kid Price
Example Weighted Average Kid Price ($/cwt)
Example Average Break Even
Price to Cover Total Cost
($2.85)
($3.09)
($3.38)
($3.72)
($4.14)
$272.00
$272.00
$272.00
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.