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Cattle Annual Cow Cost Spreadsheet
Cattle Annual Cow Cost Spreadsheet
Author: Dr. Jason Banta, Associate Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Specialist
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
These spreadsheets are designed to help cow-calf producers estimate annual cow costs and profitability per cow exposed as w
per acre with various input costs and stocking rates (i.e. grazeable acres needed per cow-calf pair)
Estimating annual mineral needs and cost (all values on as-fed basis)
For a mineral with a target intake of 4 ounces per day, intake would be expected to range from about 3 to 5 ounces throughout
year. Intake will be a little higher when cows are lactating and older calves are consuming some mineral.
Projected profit or loss per exposed cow and per acre as influenced by weaning rate percentage
Weaning rate, % of cows exposed 80% 90% 100%
Net calf value at sale, $/hd $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Net calf value, $/hd of exposed cows (adjusted for weaning rate) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00