Table 61: Costs and Returns for Dairy Goat, 100 Doe Herd
Sustainable Livestock Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996
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ITEM |
UNIT |
PRICE |
QUANTITY |
TOTAL |
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Receipts |
|
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Milk sales |
cwt |
$ 21.00 |
20 |
$ 420.00 |
|
Does culled (5% dead, 40% culled) |
lb |
$ 1.20 |
120 |
$ 57.60 |
|
Male kids sold (8% dead) |
lb |
$ 1.50 |
30 |
$ 41.40 |
|
Replacements sold |
head |
$ 130.00 |
|
$ 67.60 |
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Total Receipts |
|
|
|
$ 586.60 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Variable Costs |
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|
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Feed Costs |
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|
|
|
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Concentrates for doe & replacement |
cwt |
$ 10.00 |
13.1 |
$ 131.00 |
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Kids for meat sold at 30 lbs.a
|
cwt |
$ 12.00 |
|
$ 4.75 |
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Hay |
ton |
$ 95.00 |
0.8 |
$ 76.00 |
|
Milk fed to replacements |
gallon |
$ 2.41 |
9.24 |
$ 22.30 |
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Total Feed Costs |
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|
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$ 234.05 |
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Other |
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|
|
|
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Building and equipment repairs |
|
$ 6.00 |
|
$ 6.00 |
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Bedding (straw) |
ton |
$ 50.00 |
0.15 |
$ 7.50 |
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Misc. livestock supplies |
|
$ 8.00 |
|
$ 8.00 |
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Breeding fees |
|
$ 15.00 |
|
$ 15.00 |
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Health program |
|
$ 10.00 |
|
$ 10.00 |
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Milk testing (DHIA) |
|
$ 15.00 |
|
$ 15.00 |
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Utilities, gasoline, fuel, oil |
|
$ 15.00 |
|
$ 15.00 |
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Milk hauling, freight |
cwt |
$ 2.50 |
20 |
$ 50.00 |
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Marketing, advertising, coop dues |
cwt |
$ 0.05 |
20 |
$ 1.00 |
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Labor |
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|
|
|
|
Operator |
hour |
$ 14.48 |
11 |
$ 159.28 |
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Regular Hired |
hour |
$ 10.13 |
11 |
$ 111.43 |
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Sub-Total |
|
|
|
$ 632.26 |
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Interest on Operating Capitalb
|
|
10% |
|
$ 31.61 |
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Total Variable Costs |
|
|
|
$ 663.87 |
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Returns Above Variable Costs |
|
|
|
$ (77.27) |
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Fixed Costsc
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|
|
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Milking equipment |
|
$ 13.20 |
|
$ 13.20 |
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Building and equipment |
|
$ 10.00 |
|
$ 10.00 |
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Land |
acre |
$ 50.00 |
0.1 |
$ 5.00 |
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Total Fixed Costs |
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|
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$ 28.20 |
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Total Fixed & Variable Costs |
|
|
|
$ 692.07 |
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Management Feesb
|
|
|
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$ 48.10 |
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Total Costs |
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|
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$ 740.17 |
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Net Returns |
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$ (153.57) |
