Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2013 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Pull off Wheat March 1
800 Head
Texas Rolling Plains Extension District - 3
Number of head
800
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.975
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Health
Hay
Mineral
Miscellaneous
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Utilities
Repairs
Gain Contract
Marketing
Cattle Care
Hourly Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
Units
6.40
CWT
Quantity
4.75
1
250
15
1
1
10.0%
1
1
165.00
1
1
0
Units
CWT
Head
Pound
Pound
Head
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Pounds
Head
Head
Hours
$/Unit
Total
$1.65 $1,029.60
$1,029.60
$/Unit
$175.00
$15.00
$0.06
$0.18
$0.00
$7.50
$7.50
$0.00
$0.00
$0.72
$8.00
$8.50
$0.00
6.50%
Total
$823,680.00
$823,680.00
Enterprise
Total
$831.25
$15.00
$15.75
$2.70
$0.00
$7.50
$0.75
$0.00
$0.00
$118.80
$8.00
$8.50
$0.00
$19.58
$1,027.83
$665,000.00
$12,000.00
$12,600.00
$2,160.00
$0.00
$6,000.00
$600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$95,040.00
$6,400.00
$6,800.00
$0.00
$15,660.76
$822,260.76
$1.77
$1,419.24
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
$160.60
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Insurance
Native Pasture Rent
Full-time Hired Labor
Other Fixed Costs
Total Fixed Costs
1
$50.05
1
2.75
1
1
Units
Head
dollars
Head
Acre
Head
Head
$/Unit
$14.06
0.00%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
CWT
Total
$162.79
$11,246.67
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$11,246.67
$1,041.88
$833,507.43
CWT
Break Even Sensitivity Analysis
ADG (Lbs/day)
1.47
1.33
1.21
1.09
0.98
Purchase Weight (Lbs/Hd): 475
Sales Price/Cwt Bid Price/Cwt
Net Pay Weight
1.65
175.00
B/E Purchase B/E Sales Price
with Shrink
Price ($/Lb)
($/Lb)
675
657
640
624
609
-$42.06
-$42.12
-$42.18
-$42.23
-$42.28
Enterprise
Total
$14.06
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$14.06
($12.28)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$158.39
$162.77
$166.97
$171.39
$175.57
Developed by Stan Bevers, Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and not intended to recognize or predict the costs
and returns from any one operation.
($9,827.43)