Statewide
Reports for 1999
Livestock Enterprise Analysis, 1999
Minnesota (MnSCU) Statewide Farm Business Mgmt. Database
(Farms sorted by Return to Overhead)
Beef Cow-Calf -- Average per Cow
Average For Average For Average For
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of farms 183 37 37
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Beef Calves sold (lb) 331.34 258.31 351.50 252.44 366.93 286.11
Transferred out (lb) 168.05 145.92 145.87 117.73 120.84 113.43
Cull sales (lb) 125.07 54.47 155.88 62.88 86.90 35.32
Butchered (lb) 6.82 4.21 6.55 3.66 7.66 5.70
Less purchased (lb) -82.95 -58.77 -51.94 -35.92 -166.98 -106.08
Less transferred in (lb) -41.13 -29.54 -53.98 -36.73 -15.94 -9.89
Inventory change (lb) 60.08 101.53 -527.79 12.55 95.29 195.20
Total production (lb) 567.28 476.14 26.10 376.61 494.69 519.79
Other income 3.44 0.00 14.25
Gross return 479.57 376.61 534.04
Direct expenses
Barley (bu.) 0.33 0.73 0.32 2.58 0.00 0.00
Corn (bu.) 5.20 8.97 7.63 13.24 5.92 10.01
Corn Silage (lb.) 3458.47 29.76 4991.63 44.70 1445.66 12.69
Hay, Alfalfa (lb.) 1743.71 45.35 2219.14 73.14 1526.68 30.26
Hay, Grass & Other (lb.) 4744.18 85.48 4489.36 97.95 5054.07 84.50
Haylage, Alfalfa (lb.) 101.85 1.70 229.39 4.59 5.08 0.05
Haylage, Grass & Other (lb.) 244.38 1.79 995.87 9.06 0.00 0.00
Oatlage (lb.) 81.59 0.61 544.93 4.09 0.00 0.00
Oats (bu.) 2.02 2.14 2.68 2.94 2.41 2.84
Pasture (aum) 3.67 22.28 5.69 27.62 2.40 17.86
Stover (lb.) 191.84 1.53 85.85 0.70 126.99 0.49
Complete Ration (lb.) 113.30 5.89 18.57 3.56 294.22 5.73
Creep / Starter (lb.) 10.64 0.72 20.49 1.18 0.00 0.00
Protein Vit Minerals (lb.) 102.53 16.66 122.59 20.04 97.51 13.43
Other feed stuffs 0.92 0.89 1.06
Breeding fees 4.43 2.35 1.25
Veterinary 20.84 19.74 19.62
Livestock supplies 7.40 7.94 6.14
Fuel & oil 7.56 7.34 7.05
Repairs 25.33 40.33 20.43
Custom hire 1.02 0.58 0.65
Hired labor 0.24 0.00 0.08
Machinery & bldg leases 0.53 0.00 0.00
Livestock leases 1.19 0.00 2.46
Grazing fees 0.17 0.00 0.00
Utilities 0.14 0.83 0.09
Hauling and trucking 1.46 2.87 0.97
Marketing 5.13 5.77 3.17
Bedding 0.53 1.56 0.21
Operating interest 7.49 11.00 -4.86
Total direct expenses 308.01 406.58 236.18
Return over direct expense 171.56 -29.96 297.86
Overhead expenses
Custom hire 0.74 1.22 1.66
Hired labor 5.33 4.16 4.77
Machinery & bldg leases 2.18 1.36 1.49
RE & pers. property taxes 4.96 5.72 4.29
Farm insurance 6.66 7.39 4.26
Utilities 10.78 14.10 9.72
Dues & professional fees 1.35 2.42 1.59
Interest 32.72 29.94 45.28
Mach & bldg depreciation 20.78 23.88 14.14
Miscellaneous 8.03 7.99 8.89
Total overhead expenses 93.54 98.17 96.10
Total listed expenses 401.55 504.75 332.27
Net return 78.02 -128.13 201.76
Est. labor hours per unit 8.48 8.28 8.92
Labor & management charge 67.74 77.77 70.32
Net return over lbr & mgt 10.28 -205.91 131.45
Other Information
Number of cows 67.4 48.3 63.8
Pregnancy percentage 95.3 93.2 95.6
Pregnancy loss percentage 1.2 1.2 1.2
Culling percentage 10.8 13.1 8.3
Calving percentage 94.1 92.1 94.4
Weaning percentage 88.5 84.2 89.7
Calves sold per cow 0.84 0.82 0.84
Calf death loss percent 6.1 8.0 5.7
Average weaning weight 519 480 506
Lbs weaned/exposed female 459 404 454
Feed cost per cow 224.55 306.28 178.91
Avg wgt/Beef Calf sold 648 676 633
Avg price / cwt 77.96 71.82 77.98
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