Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2014 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Native Pasture - Summer - 200 Head
West Central Extension District - 7
Number of head
200
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
1.000
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Stocker Delivery
Grazing
Acre Lease
Health
Feed
Hay
Salt & Mineral - Stockers
Range Cubes
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Utilities
Repairs
Marketing
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
$/Unit
CWT
$167.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
1.00
CWT
Head
$180.00
$5.00
$900.00
$5.00
$180,000.00
$1,000.00
17.50
1
Acre
Head
$4.00
$15.00
$70.00
$15.00
$14,000.00
$3,000.00
0.2
15
0.75
1
10.0%
1
1
1
Ton
Pounds
CWT
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Head
$165.00
$0.23
$19.40
$6.80
$6.80
$3.00
$2.43
$18.50
4.00%
$33.00
$3.45
$14.55
$6.80
$0.68
$3.00
$2.43
$18.50
$16.15
$1,088.57
$6,600.00
$690.00
$2,910.00
$1,360.00
$136.00
$600.00
$486.79
$3,700.00
$3,230.43
$217,713.22
$40.69
$8,137.58
6.76
Quantity
Total
$1,129.25
$1,129.25
Total
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$160.98
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
1
$103.54
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
CWT
Total
$1.75
3.75%
Total Costs
$161.82
Enterprise
Total
$1.75
$3.88
$5.63
$349.67
$776.54
$1,126.21
$1,094.20
$218,839.43
$35.06
$7,011.37
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$225,850.80
$225,850.80
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity Analysis
ADG (Lbs/day)
1.38
1.27
1.15
1.04
0.92
Purchase Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Bid
Net Pay
Sales Price/Cwt Price/Cwt
Weight
167.00
180.00
B/E Purchase
B/E Sales
with Shrink
Price ($/Lb)
Price ($/Lb)
701
684
676
649
631
$195.44
$189.56
$187.01
$177.79
$171.90
$155.99
$160.01
$161.82
$168.71
$173.42
Developed by Bill Thompson, 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. Brand names are mentioned only as examples and imply no endorsement.