Table 2.
Operating and overhead cash costs for beef systems from weaning to harvest
| Item | Treatment1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | GF20 | GR45 | GF25 | |
| Purchase price, $/hd | 845 | 845 | 845 | 845 |
| Operating inputs, $/hd | ||||
| Irrigated pasture | 61.0 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 161 |
| Rangeland | – | 150 | 150 | 150 |
| Salt/mineral | – | 12.5 | 12.5 | 17.5 |
| Veterinary/medical | 16.9 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 14.4 |
| Death loss (2% of purchase price) | 1.25 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 |
| Brand inspection | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Checkoff | – | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Harvest costs | – | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Cut and wrap | – | 525 | 695 | 662 |
| Marketing costs | – | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 |
| Stock trailer | 2.40 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 36.0 |
| 1-ton pickup truck | 80.3 | 185 | 207 | 257 |
| ATV | 5.25 | 13.65 | 13.65 | 18.9 |
| Feedlot yardage | 469 | – | 154.8 | – |
| Feed costs | 40.3 | – | 13.95 | – |
| Net operating costs, $/hd | 655 | 1,140 | 1,500 | 1,470 |
| Cash overhead costs, $/hd | ||||
| Interest on operating loan | 21.2 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 94.6 |
| Insurance (liability) | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22 |
| Total cash overheads, $/hd | 43.2 | 82.0 | 87.0 | 117 |
CON, steers stocked on pasture then finished in a feedyard for 128 d; GF20, steers grass-fed for 20 mo; GR45, steers grass-fed for 20 mo with a 45-d grain finish; GF25, steers grass-fed for 25 mo.