Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Pull off Wheat March 15 - 250 Head
West Central Extension District - 7
Number of Head
250
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.980
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Stocker Delivery
Grazing
Gain Contract
Health
Vet/Medicine - Stocker
Feed
Hay
Salt & Mineral - Stockers
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Utilities
Repairs
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
6.40
Quantity
4.50
1.00
200.82
1
0.1125
12
1
10.0%
1
1
0.980
1
Total
$/Unit
CWT
$222.00
Units
$/Unit
CWT
Head
$258.00
$5.00
$1,161.00
$5.00
$290,250.00
$1,250.00
Pounds
$0.65
$130.53
$32,632.65
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$3,750.00
Ton
Pounds
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Head
Head
$125.00
$0.23
$3.83
$3.83
$3.00
$1.91
$18.00
$26.93
4.00%
$14.06
$2.76
$3.83
$0.38
$3.00
$1.91
$17.64
$26.93
$16.14
$1,398.19
$3,515.63
$690.00
$956.25
$95.63
$750.00
$478.50
$4,410.00
$6,732.00
$4,035.79
$349,546.44
$1,392.82
$1,392.82
Total
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
($5.37)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$218.40
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$83.59
Enterprise
Total
Units
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$219.63
Enterprise
Total
$4.77
$3.13
$7.91
$1,192.68
$783.66
$1,976.33
$1,406.09
$351,522.77
($13.27)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($1,341.66)
CWT
$4.77
3.75%
Total Costs
$348,204.78
$348,204.78
Enterprise
Total
($3,317.99)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity Analysis
ADG (Lbs/day)
1.90
1.74
1.59
1.43
1.27
Purchase Weight (Lbs/Hd):
450
Bid
Net Pay
Sales Price/Cwt Price/Cwt
Weight
222.00
258.00
B/E Sales
B/E Purchase
Price
with Shrink Price ($/CWT)
($/CWT)
665
646
640
608
589
$266.91
$257.72
$255.05
$239.33
$230.13
$215.84
$222.20
$224.12
$236.11
$243.74
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.