Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2013 Estimated Costs and Returns per Animal
Winter Stocker Calf Budget
320 Head
Texas High Plains
Number of head
320
REVENUE
Head
Stocker
Total Revenue
0.969
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Stocker Purchase
Stocker Delivery
Preconditioning
Health
Hay
Supplement
Miscellaneous
Fuel
Lube (As a % of fuel)
Utilities
Repairs
Gain Contract
Marketing
Labor
Hourly Labor
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Pay Weight
Units
5.93
CWT
Quantity
4.00
1
1
1
0.1
15
1
1
10.0%
1
1
192.50
1
1.18
0
Units
CWT
Head
Head
Head
Ton
Pound
Head
Head
Percent
Head
Head
Pound
Head
Hours
Hours
$/Unit
$160.00
$/Unit
$185.00
$7.50
$50.00
$15.00
$200.00
$0.40
$5.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.75
$0.00
$10.70
$0.00
4.75%
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Total
$918.38
$918.38
Total
$293,880.00
$293,880.00
Enterprise
Total
$740.00
$7.50
$50.00
$15.00
$20.00
$6.00
$5.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$144.38
$0.00
$12.63
$0.00
$12.83
$1,013.33
$236,800.00
$2,400.00
$16,000.00
$4,800.00
$6,400.00
$1,920.00
$1,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$46,200.00
$0.00
$4,040.32
$0.00
$4,105.06
$324,265.38
($94.95)
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
$171.03
FIXED COSTS
Quantity
Depreciation
Equipment Investment
Full-time Hired Labor
Other Fixed Costs
Total Fixed Costs
1
$0.00
1
1
Units
Head
dollars
Head
Head
$/Unit
Planned Returns to Management, Risk, and Profit:
Total
$171.03
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,013.33
$324,265.38
CWT
Break Even Sensitivity Analysis
Purchase Weight (Lbs/Hd): 400
Net Pay Weight
ADG (Lbs/day)
with Shrink
2.12
1.93
1.75
1.58
1.42
633
612
593
573
556
Sales Price/Cwt Bid Price/Cwt
160.00
185.00
B/E Purchase B/E Sales Price
Price ($/Lb)
($/Lb)
$176.93
$168.72
$161.26
$153.80
$147.09
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
($94.95)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
($30,385.38)
CWT
$0.00
5.25%
$0.00
$0.00
Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$165.27
$170.99
$176.54
$182.47
$188.16
Developed by Steve Amosson, 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.
($30,385.38)