Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stockers on Native Pasture - 320 Head
North Texas Extension District - 4
Stocker
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
or Amount
$/Unit
CWT
$155.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
4.50
CWT
$200.00
$900.00
$288,000.00
2.00
Acre
$12.00
$24.00
$7,680.00
1
Head
$30.00
$30.00
$9,600.00
0.25
1
450
Roll
Bag
Pound
$70.00
$10.00
$0.05
$17.50
$10.00
$22.50
$5,600.00
$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
$1,072.31
$3,200.00
$323.00
$32.30
$274.24
$3,449.60
$6,969.86
$7,608.89
$343,137.88
$66.94
$21,422.12
7.50
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$142.97
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$53.72
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
$10.71
6.00%
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$144.83
Total
Enterprise
Total
Units
$1,139.25
$1,139.25
$364,560.00
$364,560.00
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Total
Enterprise
Total
$10.71
$3.22
$13.94
$3,428.00
$1,031.40
$4,459.40
$1,086.24
$347,597.28
$53.01
$16,962.72
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
Net Pay
Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
1.97
1.80
1.64
1.48
1.31
810
780
750
720
690
450
Sales
Bid
Price/Cwt
Price/Cwt
155.00
200.00
B/E Sales
B/E Purchase
Price
Price ($/CWT)
($/CWT)
$232.03
$221.91
$211.78
$201.65
$191.53
$136.84
$142.10
$147.79
$153.95
$160.64
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.