Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 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
Health and Vet - Stocker
Feed
Hay Ton
Mineral
Miscellaneous
Preconditioning
Miscellaneous - Stocker
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
$/Unit
CWT
$271.00
Units
$/Unit
CWT
Head
$303.00
$7.50
$1,212.00
$7.50
$387,840.00
$2,400.00
Pounds
$0.60
$116.00
$37,120.00
1
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$4,800.00
0.1
15
Ton
Pound
$100.00
$0.45
$10.00
$6.75
$3,200.00
$2,160.00
1
1
1
Head
Head
Head
$50.00
$5.00
$10.50
$19.15
$1,451.90
$16,000.00
$1,600.00
$3,360.50
$6,126.51
$464,607.01
$135.08
$43,225.31
6.10
Quantity
4.00
1.00
193.33
$50.00
$5.00
$10.50
4.90%
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$238.02
Quantity
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
$0.00
Units
dollars
$/Unit
$1,586.98
$1,586.98
Total
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
$238.02
$507,832.32
$507,832.32
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Total
5.40%
Total Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Total
Enterprise
Total
Units
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,451.90
$464,607.01
$135.08
$43,225.31
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
400
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
271.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
303.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
2.27
2.08
1.89
1.70
1.51
652
631
610
589
568
$364.09
$350.43
$336.77
$323.11
$309.45
$231.96
$239.68
$247.93
$256.77
$266.27
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.