Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stockers on Native Pasture - 320 Head
Central Texas Extension District - 8
Number of Head
320
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.980
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Grazing
Acre Lease
Health
Vet. Medicine - Stocker
Feed
Bermuda Hay Bale
Mineral - Stocker
Supplement - Stocker
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Repairs
Marketing
Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
$/Unit
CWT
$195.00
Units
$/Unit
4.00
CWT
$300.00
$1,200.00
$384,000.00
4.00
Acre
$8.00
$32.00
$10,240.00
1
Head
$7.00
$7.00
$2,240.00
4
0.263
0.75
Bale
CWT
CWT
$6.00
$15.00
$10.75
$24.00
$3.95
$8.06
$7,680.00
$1,262.40
$2,580.00
1
1
10.0%
1
0.980
1
Head
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Head
$4.00
$3.71
$3.71
$0.96
$14.60
$15.83
4.75%
$4.00
$3.71
$0.37
$0.96
$14.31
$15.83
$20.64
$1,334.83
$1,280.00
$1,187.13
$118.71
$307.20
$4,578.56
$5,066.28
$6,603.77
$427,144.05
$60.20
$19,265.55
7.30
Quantity
Total
$1,395.03
$1,395.03
Total
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$182.85
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
Enterprise
Total
Units
1
$429.69
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
CWT
Total
$15.50
6.00%
Total Costs
$188.51
Enterprise
Total
$15.50
$25.78
$41.28
$4,960.91
$8,250.00
$13,210.91
$1,376.11
$440,354.96
$18.92
$6,054.64
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$446,409.60
$446,409.60
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
400
Net Pay
Weight
Sales Price/Cwt
195.00
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
B/E Purchase
Price ($/CWT)
Bid
Price/Cwt
300.00
B/E Sales
Price
($/CWT)
3.25
2.98
2.70
2.43
2.16
796
763
730
697
664
$336.26
$320.50
$304.73
$288.96
$273.20
$176.41
$184.04
$192.36
$201.46
$211.47
Developed by Jason Johnson, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.
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.