Table 12.
Average per animal cost and net return comparison between years when feedlot treatment underperformed and overperformed annual forage and pasture treatments over the 10-yr period from 2003 through 2012 for feedlot control (FLT) control, perennial pasture (PST), and annual forage grazing steers (ANN)
| Average (2004, 2006–2007, 2009–2012) | Average (2003, 2005) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feedlot underperformed | Feedlot overperformed | |||||
| PST1 | ANN1 | FLT1 | PST1 | ANN1 | FLT1 | |
| Gross carcass value, $ | 1410.0 | 1377.0 | 1248.0 | 1152.0 | 1225.0 | 1185.0 |
| Steer cost, $ | 885.0 | 904.0 | 884.0 | 761.0 | 766.0 | 763.0 |
| Total grazing cost, $ | 149.0 | 204.0 | 127.0 | 160.0 | ||
| Feedlot feed cost, $ | 257.0 | 189.0 | 408.0 | 127.0 | 95.0 | 209.0 |
| Total system expense, $ | 1415.0 | 1417.0 | 1432.0 | 1099.0 | 1101.0 | 1066.0 |
| Net return, $ | −5.0 | −40.0 | −183.0 | 53.0 | 124.0 | 119.0 |
1PST = crested wheatgrass and native range; ANN = crested wheatgrass, native range, field pea–barley, and unharvested corn; FLT = feedlot control.