Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stocker Calf Budget - Native Pasture - Summer - 200 Head
West Central Extension District - 7
Stocker
Number of Head
200
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
1.000
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Stocker Delivery
Grazing
Acre Lease
Health
Vaccinate/process Stockers
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
or Amount
$/Unit
CWT
$195.00
Units
$/Unit
5.00
1.00
CWT
Head
$210.00
$5.00
$1,050.00
$5.00
$210,000.00
$1,000.00
16.00
Acre
$8.00
$128.00
$25,600.00
1
Head
$15.00
$15.00
$3,000.00
Ton
Pounds
CWT
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Head
$105.00
$0.23
$19.40
$4.25
$4.25
$3.00
$2.43
$18.50
6.50%
$21.00
$3.45
$14.55
$4.25
$0.43
$3.00
$2.43
$18.50
$31.03
$1,296.64
$4,200.00
$690.00
$2,910.00
$850.00
$85.00
$600.00
$486.79
$3,700.00
$6,205.70
$259,327.48
6.60
Quantity
0.2
15
0.75
1
10.0%
1
1
1.000
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$1,286.10
$1,286.10
Total
($10.53)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$196.60
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
1
$69.55
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$197.65
Enterprise
Total
$2.42
$4.52
$6.94
$484.13
$904.19
$1,388.32
$1,303.58
$260,715.81
($17.48)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($2,106.88)
CWT
$2.42
6.50%
Total Costs
$257,220.60
$257,220.60
Enterprise
Total
($3,495.21)
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity Analysis
Net Pay
Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
1.25
1.15
1.04
0.94
0.83
681
665
660
634
618
Purchase Weight (Lbs/Hd):
500
Sales
Bid
Price/Cwt
Price/Cwt
195.00
210.00
B/E Sales
B/E Purchase
Price
Price ($/CWT)
($/CWT)
$215.05
$208.83
$206.50
$196.38
$190.16
$191.30
$195.88
$197.65
$205.75
$211.06
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.