Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Pull off Wheat March 1 - 800 Head
Rolling Plains Extension District - 3
Stocker
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
or Amount
Units
$/Unit
6.40
CWT
$190.00
Units
$/Unit
CWT
$225.00
$1,068.75
$855,000.00
Pounds
$0.65
$99.33
$79,466.67
Head
$24.00
$24.00
$19,200.00
Pound
Pound
Head
Percent
Head
Head
$0.14
$0.22
$8.05
$8.05
$12.00
$8.42
6.00%
$17.50
$3.30
$8.05
$0.80
$11.70
$8.42
$25.21
$1,267.05
$14,000.00
$2,640.00
$6,437.25
$643.73
$9,360.00
$6,732.00
$20,164.18
$1,013,643.82
Quantity
4.75
152.82
1
125
15
1
10.0%
0.975
1
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$1,185.60
$1,185.60
Total
($81.45)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$197.98
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$27.22
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
$12.49
5.50%
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
$200.16
$948,480.00
$948,480.00
Enterprise
Total
($65,163.82)
CWT
Total
Enterprise
Total
$12.49
$1.50
$13.98
$9,988.67
$1,197.46
$11,186.13
$1,281.04
$1,024,829.95
($95.44)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
($76,349.95)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
475
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
190.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
225.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.46
1.33
1.21
1.09
0.97
673
657
640
624
607
$217.78
$211.34
$204.91
$198.47
$192.04
$195.23
$200.13
$205.29
$210.73
$216.46
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.