Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Grazeout - 800 Head
Rolling Plains Extension District - 3
Number of Head
800
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.970
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Grazing
Gain Contract
Health
Vet/Medicine - Stocker 1
Vet/Medicine - Stocker 2
Feed
Hay
Salt & Mineral - Stocker
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
7.95
Quantity
4.75
305.31
1
0.25
300
14
1
10.0%
0.970
1
Units
$/Unit
CWT
$225.00
Units
$/Unit
CWT
Total
$1,735.09
$1,735.09
Total
$1,388,070.00
$1,388,070.00
Enterprise
Total
$285.00
$1,353.75
$1,083,000.00
Pounds
$0.65
$198.45
$158,760.82
Head
Head
$12.00
$16.80
$12.00
$4.20
$9,600.00
$3,360.00
Pound
Pound
Head
Percent
Head
Head
$0.12
$0.18
$18.43
$18.43
$15.00
$12.56
6.25%
$36.75
$2.52
$18.43
$1.84
$14.55
$12.56
$46.86
$1,701.91
$29,400.00
$2,016.00
$14,740.00
$1,474.00
$11,640.00
$10,047.00
$37,487.37
$1,361,525.19
$33.18
$26,544.81
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$214.08
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$25.05
Enterprise
Total
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
CWT
Total
$6.49
5.50%
Total Costs
$6.49
$1.38
$7.86
$5,188.67
$1,102.20
$6,290.87
$1,709.77
$1,367,816.06
$25.32
$20,253.94
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$215.07
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
475
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
225.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
285.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.95
1.79
1.62
1.46
1.30
859
827
795
763
731
$319.74
$305.03
$290.33
$275.63
$260.92
$205.20
$213.14
$221.72
$231.02
$241.13
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.