Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Stockers on Native Pasture - 320 Head
Central Texas Extension District - 8
Stocker
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
or Amount
$/Unit
CWT
$175.00
Units
$/Unit
Total
4.00
CWT
$240.00
$960.00
$307,200.00
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
$16.83
$1,091.01
$1,280.00
$1,187.13
$118.71
$307.20
$4,578.56
$5,066.28
$5,384.44
$349,124.72
$160.94
$51,499.28
7.30
Quantity
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
FIXED COSTS
$149.45
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Total Fixed Costs
1
$258.01
Units
Head
dollars
$/Unit
$15.50
6.00%
Total Costs
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$153.70
Total
Enterprise
Total
Units
$1,251.95
$1,251.95
$400,624.00
$400,624.00
Enterprise
Total
CWT
Total
Enterprise
Total
$15.50
$15.48
$30.98
$4,960.91
$4,953.72
$9,914.63
$1,122.00
$359,039.35
$129.95
$41,584.65
CWT
Example Break Even Sensitivity
Purchase Analysis
Weight (Lbs/Hd):
Net Pay
Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
3.25
2.98
2.70
2.43
2.16
796
763
730
697
664
400
Sales
Bid
Price/Cwt
Price/Cwt
175.00
240.00
B/E Sales
B/E Purchase
Price
Price ($/CWT)
($/CWT)
$300.79
$286.64
$272.49
$258.34
$244.19
$143.83
$150.05
$156.84
$164.26
$172.42
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.