Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after April 1, 2012 Cow-Calf Production Native Pastures 40 Cow Herd North Texas (4) 2012 Costs and Returns per Head ============================================================================== PRODUCTION Description Quantity Unit $ / Unit Return CULL COWS BEEF 0.10Hd 9.000 cwt. 63.0000 56.70 HEIFER CALVES 0.28Hd 4.500 cwt. 110.0000 138.60 STEER CALVES 0.43Hd 4.800 cwt. 111.0000 229.10 =========== Total GROSS Income 424.40 ============================================================================== OPERATING INPUT or CUSTOM OPERATION Description Input Use Unit $ / Unit Cost MISCELLANEOUS COW-CALF 1.000 head 10.000 10.00 PASTURE NATIVE 3.140 acre 10.000 31.40 SALES COMMISSIONCULL COW 0.900 cwt. 1.250 1.13 SALES COMMISSIONSTOCKER 3.180 head 11.000 34.98 SALT & MINERALS 0.490 bag 10.000 4.90 SUPPLEMENT 3.000 lbs. 0.050 0.15 VET. MEDICINE COW-CALF 1.000 head 7.000 7.00 Fuel 13.46 Lube 1.35 Repair 11.18 =========== Total OPERATING INPUT and CUSTOM OPERATION Costs 115.54 ============================================================================== Residual returns to capital, ownership labor, land, management, and profit 308.86 ============================================================================== CAPITAL INVESTMENT Description Interest - IT Borrowed Interest - OC Borrowed Interest - OC Earned Quantity Invested 1104.675 77.462 -61.680 Unit Dol. Dol. Dol. Rate of Return 0.060 0.060 0.020 Total CAPITAL INVESTMENT Costs Cost 66.28 4.65 -1.23 =========== 69.69 ============================================================================== Residual returns to ownership, labor, land, management, and profit 239.17 ============================================================================== OWNERSHIP COST Description (Depreciation, Taxes, and Insurance) Machinery and Equipment Livestock Total OWNERSHIP Costs Cost 28.21 14.98 =========== 43.19 ============================================================================== Residual returns to labor, land, management, and profit 195.98 ============================================================================== LABOR COST Description Machinery and Equipment Other Total LABOR Costs Input Use 3.108 5.400 Unit Hr. Hr. Average Rate 5.507 5.000 Cost 17.12 27.00 =========== 44.12 ============================================================================== Residual returns to land, management, and profit 151.86 ============================================================================== Total Projected Cost of Production 272.54 Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide & not intended to recognize or predict the costs & returns from any one operation. Developed by Texas AgriLife Extension Service. B-1241 (C4) Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after April 1, 2012 B-1241 (C4) Cow-Calf Production Native Pastures 40 Cow Herd North Texas (4) 2012 Costs and Returns per Head GROSS INCOME Description ============================ CULL COWS BEEF HEIFER CALVES STEER CALVES Quantity ========= 0.10Hd 9.000 0.28Hd 4.500 0.43Hd 4.800 Unit ==== cwt. cwt. cwt. $ / Unit =========== 63.0000 110.0000 111.0000 Total GROSS Income VARIABLE COST Description ================================= BARN HAY FENCING ONE MILE Interest - Earned Interest - OC Borrowed LIVESTOCK LABOR MISCELLANEOUS COW-CALF PENS & EQUIPMENT PICKUP TRUCK 3/4 TON SALES COMMISSIONCULL COW SALES COMMISSIONSTOCKER SALT & MINERALS SUPPLEMENT VET. MEDICINE COW-CALF Total =========== 5.50 3.56 -1.23 4.65 27.00 10.00 1.25 32.79 1.13 34.98 4.90 0.15 7.00 =========== 131.67 Total VARIABLE COST Break-Even Price, Total Variable Cost $ - 30.82 per cwt. of STEER CALVES GROSS INCOME minus VARIABLE COST FIXED COST Description ================================= PASTURE NATIVE Machinery and Equipment Livestock 292.73 Unit ==== acre Acre Total FIXED Cost Break-Even Price, Total Cost $ Total =========== 56.70 138.60 229.10 =========== 424.40 Total =========== 31.40 44.94 64.53 =========== 140.87 37.42 per cwt. of STEER CALVES Total of ALL Cost 272.54 NET PROJECTED RETURNS 151.86 Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide & not intended to recognize or predict the costs & returns from any one operation. Developed by Texas AgriLife Extension Service.