Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stockers on Native Pasture - 320 Head
North Texas Extension District - 4
Number of Head
320
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.980
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Grazing
Acre Lease
Health
Health - Stocker
Feed
Bermuda Hay
Mineral - Bag
Supplement
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous - Stocker
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Repairs
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
$/Unit
CWT
$155.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
4.50
CWT
$200.00
$900.00
$288,000.00
2.00
Acre
$10.00
$20.00
$6,400.00
1
Head
$30.00
$30.00
$9,600.00
0.25
1
450
Roll
Bag
Pound
$75.00
$10.00
$0.05
$18.75
$10.00
$22.50
$6,000.00
$3,200.00
$7,200.00
1
1
10.0%
1
0.980
1
Head
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Head
$10.00
$1.01
$1.01
$0.86
$11.00
$21.78
4.75%
$10.00
$1.01
$0.10
$0.86
$10.78
$21.78
$23.78
$1,069.56
$3,200.00
$323.00
$32.30
$274.24
$3,449.60
$6,969.86
$7,610.24
$342,259.24
$69.69
$22,300.76
7.50
Quantity
Total
$1,139.25
$1,139.25
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$142.61
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
1
$80.50
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
CWT
Total
$10.71
6.00%
Total Costs
$144.68
Enterprise
Total
$10.71
$4.83
$15.54
$3,428.00
$1,545.60
$4,973.60
$1,085.10
$347,232.84
$54.15
$17,327.16
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$364,560.00
$364,560.00
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
450
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
155.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
200.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.97
1.80
1.64
1.48
1.31
810
780
750
720
690
$232.29
$222.16
$212.03
$201.91
$191.78
$136.70
$141.95
$147.63
$153.78
$160.47
Developed by Blake Bennet, Associate 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.