Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal Unit
Commercial Meat Goats, 6 Head per AU - 600 Does
West Central Extension District - 7
Animal Units (AU)
Breeding Females
100
600
REVENUE
Meat Goat Kid - Buck
Meat Goat Kid - Doe
Cull Does
Cull Billy
Total Revenue
Head
3.600
2.400
1.200
0.060
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Miscellaneous
Supplies
Predator Control - Goats
Brush Control
PRF Rainfall Ins
Marketing Expense
Feed
Corn - Sheeep and Goat
Cotton Seed - Sheep and Goat
Mineral - Sheep
Salt - Sheep
Vet. Medicine
Soremouth
Fendendazole drench
Albendazole-Wormer
Fly and Lice
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Repairs
Labor
Utilities
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Quantity
Per Head
0.65
0.65
1.10
1.70
390
532.2
142.2
Quantity
Units
CWT
CWT
CWT
CWT
Units
$/Unit
$229.67
$229.67
$109.00
$110.00
$/Unit
Total
$537.43
$358.29
$143.88
$11.22
$1,050.81
Total
Enterprise
Total
$322,456.68
$214,971.12
$86,328.00
$6,732.00
$630,487.80
Enterprise
Total
6
6
30
30
1.00
Head
Head
Acre
Acre
AU
$3.00
$3.53
$1.00
$0.85
$28.68
$18.00
$21.18
$30.00
$25.50
$28.68
$10,800.00
$12,708.00
$18,000.00
$15,300.00
$2,867.70
135
270
54
54
Pound
Pound
Pound
Pound
$0.09
$0.14
$0.52
$0.11
$11.81
$37.13
$28.08
$5.94
$7,087.50
$22,275.00
$16,848.00
$3,564.00
7.2
18.42
29.52
25.08
1.0
10.0%
1
0.40
1.00
Dose
ml
ml
ML
AU
Percent
AU
Hours
AU
$0.14
$0.10
$0.08
$0.04
$56.25
$56.25
$52.32
$15.00
$24.00
4.00%
$1.01
$1.84
$2.36
$1.00
$56.25
$5.63
$52.32
$6.00
$24.00
$14.60
$371.33
$604.80
$1,105.20
$1,416.96
$601.92
$33,750.00
$3,375.00
$31,394.96
$3,600.00
$14,400.00
$8,761.91
$208,460.95
$679.48
CWT
$422,026.85
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Average Kid Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation - Equipment
1
Depreciation - Livestock
1
Equipment Investment
$2,285.13
Pasture Cost
30
Total Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Average Kid Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$55.44
Units
AU
AU
dollars
Acres
$/Unit
$58.29
$9.54
3.75%
$6.00
$140.96
Total
$58.29
$9.54
$85.69
$180.00
$333.52
$704.85
$345.96
CWT
Enterprise
Total
$34,973.57
$5,724.00
$51,415.49
$108,000.00
$200,113.06
$408,574.01
$221,913.79
Sensitivity Analysis for Example
Example Weaning Percent
140%
130%
120%
110%
100%
Example
Gross
Sales per
AU
$1,200.10
$1,125.46
$1,050.81
$976.17
$901.53
Pounds
Produced
per AU
597
565
532
500
467
Example Breakeven
Kid Pay Weight to
Cover Total Cost
33
36
40
44
50
Example Male Kid Price
Example Female Kid Price
Example Weighted Average Kid Price ($/cwt)
Example Average Break Even
Price to Cover Total Cost
$120.83
$130.12
$140.96
$153.78
$169.16
$229.67
$229.67
$229.67
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.