Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2014 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Winter 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
Gain Contract
Health
Feed
Mineral
Hay Ton
Miscellaneous
Preconditioning
Miscellaneous - Stocker
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
Units
$/Unit
Total
CWT
$180.00
$1,054.08
$1,054.08
Units
$/Unit
Total
CWT
Head
$204.41
$7.50
$817.64
$7.50
$261,644.80
$2,400.00
193.33
1
Pounds
Head
$0.60
$15.00
$116.00
$15.00
$37,120.00
$4,800.00
15
0.1
Pound
Ton
$0.40
$150.00
$6.00
$15.00
$1,920.00
$4,800.00
1
1
1
Head
Head
Head
$50.00
$5.00
$10.50
$12.90
$1,055.54
$16,000.00
$1,600.00
$3,360.50
$4,126.49
$337,771.79
6.10
Quantity
4.00
1.00
$50.00
$5.00
$10.50
4.75%
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
($1.46)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$173.04
Quantity
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
$0.00
dollars
$/Unit
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$1,055.54
$337,771.79
($1.46)
$173.04
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($466.19)
CWT
5.25%
Total Costs
$337,305.60
$337,305.60
Enterprise
Total
($466.19)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
400
Bid
Sales Price/Cwt Price/Cwt
180.00
204.41
B/E Purchase
B/E Sales
with Shrink
Price ($/Lb)
Price ($/Lb)
Net Pay
Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
2.27
2.08
1.89
1.70
1.51
652
631
610
589
568
$222.19
$213.12
$204.05
$194.97
$185.90
$168.64
$174.25
$180.25
$186.68
$193.58
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.