Maryland 4-H - Additional Record
Market Livestock
Instruction for record keeping
This Record is used along with the 4-H Project Record. Use one per species.
Beginning of Project:
The project begins the day you buy the animal or take it from your home herd or flock. However, for Rate of Gain information, your start date is the day the
animal is weighed and tagged. If the animal is home raised, estimate the value based on the current market price.
End of Project:
The project ends the day the last animal is sold (at market, auction or privately), butchered, dies, or end of the project year. Should you lose a project animal,
record the date and the estimated value of the animal in the death/loss column.
Record at Fairs and Shows:
Include this information on the 4-H project record for the species. Include all information requested in the exhibit section.
Financial Summary:
(A3) - Other income: include premium money, sale of wool, etc.
(B3) - Expenses other than feed: health care, veterinary fees, medications, hoof trimming, buckets, grooming supplies, shears, clippers, brushes, show
equipment, clothes, halters, show stick, show box, hauling to fairs, weigh-in expense, fair-time bedding, pen cleaning, promotion/check-off, ads, thank-you
notes, postage, commission, pictures, dues, etc.
**The Project Record Sheet - Financial Journal section should include all expenses that relate to animals that are NOT your market project animals.
St. Mary's County 11/12
Table 1: Information on market project animals
Beginning of project (date of
End of project (date sold)
Final Production
county weigh-in)
Identification Date
Weight
Cost or
Date
Weight Selling
Death/ Days
Lbs.
Lbs.
(ear tag, ear
Value
price or
loss
on
gained
per
notch, tattoo)
value
Feed
day
Ear tag L
Nov. 1
500
$325.00
Aug. 15
1230
$553.50
285
730
2.56
No. 650
Project Animal Description
Breed
Sex
Example:
Char.
Angus x
Steer
TOTAL
xxx
xxx
Financial Summary
Determine how much money you made or lost on your project animals.
A:
Add Income:
1.
Value of animals on hand at the end of the project.
$ ________
2.
Money received from sale of project animals
$ ________
3.
Other Income from project
$ ________
Total Income:
B:
Add Expense:
1.
Cost of project animals
$ ________
2.
Cost of feed used
$ ________
3.
Expenses other than feed
$ ________
Total Expense:
$__________
$__________
Month
Date
Subtract B from A to get total profit (+) or loss (-).
Table 2: Feed Record
*GRAIN OR GRAIN MIXTURE
PROTIEN SUPPLEMENT
(corn, oats, barley, etc.)
(soybean, linseed, etc.)
Price
Price
Kind Lbs.
Cost
Kind
Lbs.
Cost
Kind
per cwt.
Totals
xx
$__________
ROUGHAGE
(hay, silage, etc.)
Price
Lbs.
per cwt.
$
$
xx
$
xx
PASTURE
Cost
Days
Unit
per cwt.
$
$
xx
$
xx
Price
$
$
$
$
xx
$
$
$
*When commercially mixed complete feed (grain and protein together) is used, enter in GRAIN section.
Keep a record of feed purchases made during the month on a separate work sheet. Transfer the monthly totals to this Table at the end of each month.
Total Feed Costs
MINERALS AND SALT
Kind
Lbs.
Price per
cwt.
$
Totals
xx
xx
Cost
$
___$_________
Amount (Lbs.)
Grain
Supplement
Roughage
Pasture
Mineral & Salt
Totals
Cost
$
xxx
Cost
$_________