2009 Beef Cattle Feeding Budgets

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Yearling Beef Steer Feeding, Projected Budget for 2008-09

Buy 750 lb. steers Nov. 2008 and feed 5 months in lot, sell April 2009
3.3 lbs. gain per day, 150 days.
                                                   Per Steer   Your Estimate
CATTLE SALES
 Gross receipts/head, 1,245 lbs. @ $95/cwt.        $1,182.75  $____________
 Less death loss, 2%                                   23.66   ____________
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   ESTIMATED TOTAL INCOME/STEER                    $1,159.10  $____________

ESTIMATED OPERATING COSTS/STEER
 Purchased steer calf (750 lbs. @ $102/cwt.)         $765.00  $____________
 Purchased feed:
    Corn (50 bu. @ $4.70/bu.)                         235.00   ____________
    Soybean meal (155 lbs. @ $300/T.)                  23.25   ____________
    Salt and additives (35 lbs. @ $500/T.)              8.75   ____________
    Grass hay (535 lbs. @ $100/T. estimated
               cost of production)                     26.75   ____________
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   Total feed costs (not including pasture)          $293.75  $____________

 Machinery costs, feed preparation, etc.             $  8.00  $____________
 Vet. and medicine:  Production vet. products          10.00   ____________
                     Disease treatment                  3.00   ____________
 Commissions, yardage, hauling                         20.00   ____________
 Utilities, insurance, repairs, misc.                   5.00   ____________
 Labor (2 hrs. @$11.50/hour)                           23.00   ____________
 Operating interest (1/3 of operating costs
    listed above x 8.5%)                               31.92   ____________
                                                   _________
   Total listed operating costs                    $1,159.67  $____________

 Income over listed costs*                          - $  .58  $____________

ESTIMATED OWNERSHIP COSTS/STEER
 Real estate interest, depreciation                  $ 12.00  $____________
 Real estate and property taxes                         3.00   ____________

   Total ownership (fixed) costs/steer               $ 15.00  $____________

 Income over Total Costs per Steer                 - $ 15.58  $____________

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*  Income over listed costs does not include a charge for pasture
(except harvested hay). Other costs such as real estate and property
taxes, building insurance and repairs, and other overhead expenses
should be estimated for each individual farm situation.

Prepared by Ron Plain, Ag. Economist                      Prepared 10/29/08
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