Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2014 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Summer Stocker Calf Budget - 320 Head
Panhandle Extension District - 1
Number of head
320
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.960
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Stocker Delivery
Grazing
Grazing by Month
Health
Feed
Mineral
Miscellaneous
Preconditioning
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
$/Unit
Total
CWT
$166.00
$1,195.20
$1,195.20
Units
$/Unit
Total
5.00
1.00
CWT
Head
$190.00
$7.50
$950.00
$7.50
$304,000.00
$2,400.00
5.00
1
Month
Head
$25.00
$15.00
$125.00
$15.00
$40,000.00
$4,800.00
15
Pound
$0.40
$6.00
$1,920.00
1
1
Head
Head
$50.00
$21.00
4.75%
$50.00
$21.00
$22.56
$1,197.06
$16,000.00
$6,721.00
$7,218.52
$383,059.52
7.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
($1.86)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$159.61
Quantity
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
$0.00
Units
dollars
$/Unit
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$1,197.06
$383,059.52
($1.86)
$159.61
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($595.52)
CWT
5.25%
Total Costs
$382,464.00
$382,464.00
Enterprise
Total
($595.52)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Bid
Sales Price/Cwt Price/Cwt
166.00
190.00
B/E Purchase
B/E Sales
with Shrink
Price ($/Lb)
Price ($/Lb)
Net Pay
Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
1.83
1.68
1.52
1.37
1.22
800
775
750
725
700
$205.56
$197.60
$189.63
$181.66
$173.69
$155.87
$160.90
$166.26
$171.99
$178.13
Developed by Steve Amosson, Regents Fellow, 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.