Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 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
Vet/Medicine - Stocker
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
$222.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
1.00
CWT
Head
$258.00
$5.00
$1,290.00
$5.00
$258,000.00
$1,000.00
17.50
Acre
$6.00
$105.00
$21,000.00
1
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$3,000.00
Ton
Pounds
CWT
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Head
$125.00
$0.23
$19.40
$4.78
$4.78
$3.00
$2.43
$18.50
4.00%
$25.00
$3.45
$14.55
$4.78
$0.48
$3.00
$2.43
$18.50
$23.05
$1,510.24
$5,000.00
$690.00
$2,910.00
$956.25
$95.63
$600.00
$486.79
$3,700.00
$4,609.09
$302,047.75
6.76
Quantity
0.2
15
0.75
1
10.0%
1
1
1.000
Total
$1,501.16
$1,501.16
Total
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
($9.07)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$223.34
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
1
$103.54
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$224.27
Enterprise
Total
$2.42
$3.88
$6.30
$484.13
$776.54
$1,260.67
$1,516.54
$303,308.42
($15.38)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($1,814.95)
CWT
$2.42
3.75%
Total Costs
$300,232.80
$300,232.80
Enterprise
Total
($3,075.62)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Analysis
Purchase Weight
(Lbs/Hd):
500
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
222.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
258.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
1.38
1.27
1.15
1.04
0.92
701
684
676
649
631
$266.13
$258.31
$254.92
$242.66
$234.84
$216.20
$221.78
$224.27
$233.82
$240.35
Developed by Bill Thompson, 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.