Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2013 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Nov- May Stockers
320 Head
North Texas Extension District - 4
Number of head
320
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.975
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Health
Hay
Mineral
Miscellaneous
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Utilities
Repairs
Gain Contract
Marketing
Labor
Hired Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
Units
8.40
CWT
Quantity
4.50
1
1
0.5
1
1
10.0%
1
1
390
1
0.917
3.04
Units
CWT
Head
Roll
Pound
Head
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Pound
Head
Hours
Hours
$/Unit
Total
$145.00 $1,187.55
$1,187.55
$/Unit
$200.00
$30.00
$75.00
$0.05
$10.00
$3.21
$3.21
$0.00
$0.96
$0.25
$10.73
$6.36
$5.00
4.75%
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$380,016.00
$380,016.00
Enterprise
Total
$900.00
$30.00
$75.00
$0.03
$10.00
$3.21
$0.32
$0.00
$0.96
$97.50
$10.73
$5.84
$15.20
$42.17
$1,190.95
$288,000.00
$9,600.00
$24,000.00
$8.00
$3,200.00
$1,027.50
$102.75
$0.00
$307.36
$31,200.00
$3,432.00
$1,867.45
$4,864.00
$13,493.55
$381,102.62
($3.40)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
$141.78
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Insurance
Land Rent
Full-time Hired Labor
Other Fixed Costs
Total Fixed Costs
1
$310.47
1
0.25
1
1
Units
Head
dollars
Head
Acre
Head
Head
$/Unit
$8.89
6.00%
$0.00
$10.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
$145.35
($1,086.62)
CWT
Total
Enterprise
Total
$8.89
$18.63
$0.00
$2.50
$0.00
$0.00
$30.02
$2,844.29
$5,961.00
$0.00
$800.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,605.29
$1,220.96
$390,707.90
($33.41)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
($10,691.90)
CWT
Break Even Sensitivity Analysis
Purchase Weight (Lbs/Hd): 450
Net Pay Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
1.87
1.70
1.54
1.39
1.25
922
879
840
801
766
Sales Price/Cwt Bid Price/Cwt
145.00
200.00
B/E Purchase B/E Sales Price
Price ($/Lb)
($/Lb)
$218.31
$204.83
$192.58
$180.32
$169.30
$135.84
$142.47
$149.08
$156.34
$163.50
Developed by Blake Bennet, Assistant 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.