Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Summer Stocker Calf Budget - 320 Head
Panhandle Extension District - 1
Stocker
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
or Amount
$/Unit
CWT
$183.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
1.00
CWT
Head
$230.00
$7.50
$1,150.00
$7.50
$368,000.00
$2,400.00
5.00
Month
$25.00
$125.00
$40,000.00
1
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$4,800.00
15
Pound
$0.43
$6.38
$2,040.00
1
1
Head
Head
$45.00
$21.00
5.15%
$45.00
$21.00
$29.00
$1,398.87
$14,400.00
$6,721.00
$9,278.64
$447,639.64
7.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$1,317.60
$1,317.60
Total
($81.27)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
Enterprise
Total
Units
$186.52
Quantity
Units
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$186.52
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$1,398.87
$447,639.64
($81.27)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($26,007.64)
CWT
Total Fixed Costs
Total Costs
$421,632.00
$421,632.00
Enterprise
Total
($26,007.64)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Net Pay
Weight
Sales
Price/Cwt
183.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
230.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.83
1.68
1.52
1.37
1.22
800
775
750
725
700
$231.31
$222.53
$213.75
$204.96
$196.18
$182.15
$188.02
$194.29
$200.99
$208.17
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.