Calfweb - Breakeven Calculator

Input

ParameterValue

Output

Description Per Head Per Pen Note
Projected sale date - -
Total pounds gained - - I added death loss into weight gain.
Days on feed - -
Cattle cost - -
Feed cost - -
Yardage cost - -
Vet cost - -
Marketing cost - -
Trucking cost - -
Miscellaneous cost - -
Interest cost - -
Price protection cost - -
Death loss cost - -
Total feeding costs - - all costs except cattle, interest and death loss. interest cost for 1/2 of feed, yardage, vet, misc, price protection is included
Total costs (animal and feeding) - - includes animal, interest (including equity and animal interest), death and feed&variable costs

Cost Metrics

Metric Value Note
Cattle cost per pound -
Feed cost per gain - Includes death loss in denominator
Feed and yardage cost per gain - Includes death loss in denominator
Total cost of gain - Total costs minus cattle, death loss for feed/variable plus death loss for cattle and equity interest; death loss in numerator
Breakeven - Sale price per pound - Total costs and equity interest divided by sale weight

Market Alternatives

Description Alt #1 Alt #2 Alt #3 Note
Projected selling price - - -
Gross sales per pen - - -
Profit or loss per head - - - equity interest taken out.
Profit or loss per pen - - -
Annualized return on equity - - - equity interest added back in
Breakeven - Purchase price per pound - - -
Breakeven purchase price = (Gross sales per pen - total feeding costs) / (cattle head count × purchase weight)