Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Pull off Wheat March 1 - 800 Head
Rolling Plains Extension District - 3
Number of Head
800
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.975
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Grazing
Gain Contract
Health
Vet/Medicine - Stocker
Feed
Hay
Salt & Mineral - Stocker
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
6.40
Quantity
4.75
152.82
1
125
15
1
10.0%
0.975
1
Units
$/Unit
CWT
$235.00
Units
$/Unit
CWT
Total
Total
$1,173,120.00
$1,173,120.00
Enterprise
Total
$285.00
$1,353.75
$1,083,000.00
Pounds
$0.65
$99.33
$79,466.67
Head
$24.00
$24.00
$19,200.00
Pound
Pound
Head
Percent
Head
Head
$0.12
$0.18
$8.36
$8.36
$12.00
$8.42
6.25%
$15.31
$2.70
$8.36
$0.84
$11.70
$8.42
$32.82
$1,557.22
$12,250.00
$2,160.00
$6,686.35
$668.64
$9,360.00
$6,732.00
$26,255.92
$1,245,779.57
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
$1,466.40
$1,466.40
($90.82)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$243.32
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$50.05
Enterprise
Total
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
CWT
Total
$12.49
5.50%
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
$245.70
Enterprise
Total
$12.49
$2.75
$15.24
$9,988.67
$2,202.20
$12,190.87
$1,572.46
$1,257,970.44
($106.06)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($72,659.57)
($84,850.44)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
475
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
235.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
285.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.46
1.33
1.21
1.09
0.97
673
657
640
624
607
$278.59
$270.63
$262.67
$254.71
$246.75
$239.64
$245.66
$252.00
$258.67
$265.70
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. Brand names are mentioned only as examples and imply no endorsement.