Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Grazeout - 800 Head
Rolling Plains Extension District - 3
Stocker
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
or Amount
7.95
Quantity
4.75
305.31
1
0.25
300
14
1
10.0%
0.970
1
$/Unit
CWT
$160.00
Units
$/Unit
CWT
$225.00
$1,068.75
$855,000.00
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
$0.14
$0.22
$18.43
$18.43
$15.00
$12.56
6.00%
$42.00
$3.08
$18.43
$1.84
$14.55
$12.56
$35.97
$1,411.83
$33,600.00
$2,464.00
$14,740.00
$1,474.00
$11,640.00
$10,047.00
$28,774.80
$1,129,460.63
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$1,233.84
$1,233.84
Total
($177.99)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$177.59
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$13.47
Enterprise
Total
Units
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$178.50
Enterprise
Total
$6.49
$0.74
$7.23
$5,188.67
$592.46
$5,781.13
$1,419.05
$1,135,241.76
($185.21)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($142,388.63)
CWT
$6.49
5.50%
Total Costs
$987,072.00
$987,072.00
Enterprise
Total
($148,169.76)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
475
Net Pay
Weight
Sales
Price/Cwt
160.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
225.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.95
1.79
1.62
1.46
1.30
859
827
795
763
731
$206.92
$196.46
$186.01
$175.55
$165.10
$170.31
$176.90
$184.02
$191.74
$200.13
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.