Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Winter 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
Gain Contract
Health
Health and Vet - Stocker
Feed
Mineral
Hay Ton
Miscellaneous
Preconditioning
Miscellaneous - Stocker
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
or Amount
$/Unit
CWT
$218.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
CWT
Head
$240.00
$7.50
$960.00
$7.50
$307,200.00
$2,400.00
Pounds
$0.60
$116.00
$37,120.00
1
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$4,800.00
15
0.1
Pound
Ton
$0.43
$80.00
$6.38
$8.00
$2,040.00
$2,560.00
1
1
1
Head
Head
Head
$45.00
$5.00
$10.50
5.15%
$45.00
$5.00
$10.50
$16.09
$1,189.47
$14,400.00
$1,600.00
$3,360.50
$5,149.49
$380,629.99
$87.14
$27,884.57
6.10
Quantity
4.00
1.00
193.33
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$194.99
Quantity
Units
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Units
$1,276.61
$1,276.61
CWT
Total
Total Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$194.99
$408,514.56
$408,514.56
Enterprise
Total
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$1,189.47
$380,629.99
$87.14
$27,884.57
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Analysis
Purchase Weight
(Lbs/Hd):
400
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
218.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
240.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
2.27
2.08
1.89
1.70
1.51
652
631
610
589
568
$283.76
$272.77
$261.78
$250.80
$239.81
$190.04
$196.36
$203.12
$210.36
$218.14
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.