Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 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
Health and Vet - Stocker
Feed
Mineral
Miscellaneous
Preconditioning
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
Units
$/Unit
CWT
$230.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
1.00
CWT
Head
$291.00
$7.50
$1,455.00
$7.50
$465,600.00
$2,400.00
5.00
Month
$25.00
$125.00
$40,000.00
1
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$4,800.00
15
Pound
$0.45
$6.75
$2,160.00
1
1
Head
Head
$50.00
$21.00
4.90%
$50.00
$21.00
$34.40
$1,714.65
$16,000.00
$6,721.00
$11,007.29
$548,688.29
7.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$1,656.00
$1,656.00
Total
($58.65)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$228.62
Quantity
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
Units
dollars
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$228.62
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,714.65
$548,688.29
($58.65)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($18,768.29)
CWT
5.40%
Total Costs
$529,920.00
$529,920.00
Enterprise
Total
($18,768.29)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
230.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
291.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.83
1.68
1.52
1.37
1.22
800
775
750
725
700
$301.35
$290.31
$279.27
$268.23
$257.19
$223.26
$230.46
$238.15
$246.36
$255.16
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.