Statewide
Reports for 1999
Livestock Enterprise Analysis, 1999
Minnesota (MnSCU) Statewide Farm Business Mgmt. Database
(Farms sorted by Return to Overhead)
Dairy and Repl Heifers -- Average per Cow
Average For Average For Average For
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of farms 564 113 113
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Milk sold (lb) 19025.63 2776.66 15383.00 2190.35 21787.75 3208.96
Milk used in home (lb) 39.89 2.48 27.28 2.78 13.08 1.72
Milk fed to animals (lb) 116.83 11.34 153.13 17.03 64.42 9.35
Dairy Calves sold (hd) 0.39 96.96 0.41 117.74 0.42 134.10
Transferred out (hd) 0.93 413.55 0.88 320.44 0.98 476.79
Cull sales (hd) 0.31 122.05 0.33 128.39 0.31 138.16
Butchered (hd) 0.01 5.19 0.01 5.39 0.01 5.23
Less purchased (hd) -0.13 -128.48 -0.15 -148.14 -0.12 -110.96
Less transferred in (hd) -0.86 -401.06 -0.79 -327.62 -0.89 -456.31
Inventory change (hd) 0.07 97.39 -0.09 -86.53 0.12 193.46
Total production 2996.08 2219.82 3600.50
Other income 21.48 24.86 24.40
Gross return 3017.55 2244.68 3624.90
Direct expenses
Corn (bu.) 98.90 174.44 97.87 174.60 102.38 179.79
Corn Silage (lb.) 17703.74 156.36 19138.33 171.77 17646.89 159.27
Hay, Alfalfa (lb.) 4678.41 165.60 6226.56 216.60 4299.85 156.85
Hay, Grass & Other (lb.) 1263.71 30.56 1582.84 37.95 871.90 21.55
Haylage, Alfalfa (lb.) 7190.33 139.58 6557.06 127.51 8710.84 163.87
Haylage, Grass & Other (lb.) 370.87 3.78 161.55 2.61 176.98 2.14
Oats (bu.) 3.97 4.19 5.52 5.55 3.04 3.28
Pasture (aum) 0.86 5.61 1.17 12.90 0.27 2.05
Complete Ration (lb.) 1093.34 96.91 1033.28 89.18 1046.91 91.64
Milk (lb.) 41.70 5.46 54.88 9.08 20.05 3.23
Milk Replacer (lb.) 5.59 3.98 6.29 4.01 3.91 3.23
Protein Vit Minerals (lb.) 3093.03 360.31 3243.30 299.33 3171.25 392.69
Other feed stuffs 47.77 29.11 55.92
Breeding fees 33.46 22.98 40.22
Veterinary 101.15 79.71 107.39
BST 11.78 2.52 21.59
Livestock supplies 129.15 106.38 131.15
DHIA 12.66 10.16 15.18
Fuel & oil 24.60 28.38 23.50
Repairs 127.66 129.28 145.39
Custom hire 38.65 16.71 25.43
Hired labor 17.22 42.10 0.88
Machinery & bldg leases 10.03 5.34 4.53
Livestock leases 5.75 9.73 0.00
Hauling and trucking 33.44 37.35 35.66
Marketing 36.90 38.63 38.25
Bedding 5.41 2.99 10.11
Operating interest 16.40 23.87 9.43
Total direct expenses 1798.80 1736.30 1844.21
Return over direct expense 1218.75 508.37 1780.69
Overhead expenses
Hired labor 140.74 66.33 195.24
Machinery & bldg leases 30.54 23.45 36.11
RE & pers. property taxes 12.53 14.21 13.75
Farm insurance 28.85 27.44 32.06
Utilities 64.14 66.44 70.84
Dues & professional fees 6.66 6.41 12.78
Interest 127.11 141.68 121.84
Mach & bldg depreciation 118.90 106.89 142.77
Miscellaneous 31.50 30.03 41.71
Total overhead expenses 560.98 482.88 667.09
Total listed expenses 2359.78 2219.18 2511.31
Net return 657.78 25.49 1113.60
Est. labor hours per unit 43.77 41.52 45.24
Labor & management charge 218.22 229.22 225.94
Net return over lbr & mgt 439.56 -203.73 887.65
Other Information
Avg. number of Cows 77.2 54.0 83.7
Milk produced per Cow 19182 15563 21865
Percent butterfat in milk 3.7 3.7 3.7
Culling percentage 30.6 33.2 31.4
Percent of barn capacity 108.3 98.9 114.8
Lbs. milk/lb grain & conc. 1.9 1.5 2.1
Feed cost per cwt of milk 6.23 7.58 5.65
Feed cost per Cow 1194.55 1180.20 1235.51
Avg. milk price per cwt. 14.59 14.24 14.73
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