Dairy Goat 1800 lbs Milk/Doe (Organic)

Table 80: Costs and Returns for Dairy Goat

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL

Receipts
Milk Sales	cwt	$ 31.00	18	$ 558.00
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	0.5	$ 67.60
Miscellaneous Income		$ 56.00		$ 56.00
Total Receipts				$ 780.60

Variable Costs
Feed Costs
Concentrates for doe & replacement	cwt	$ 10.00	11.5	$ 115.00
Kids for meat sold at 30 lbs.	cwt	$ 12.00	0.4	$ 4.80
Hay	ton	$ 95.00	0.71	$ 67.45
Milk Fed to Replacements	gallon	$ 2.41	9.24	$ 22.30
Total Feed Costs				$ 209.55
Other
Building and Equipment Repairs		$ 6.00		$ 6.00
Bedding (straw)	ton	$ 50.00	0.15	$ 7.50
Misc. Livestock Supplies		$ 55.00		$ 55.00
Breeding Fees		$ 10.00		$ 10.00
Veterinary Fees		$ 4.00		$ 4.00
Marketing		$ 57.00		$ 57.00
Labor
Operator	hr	$ 14.48	13.6	$ 196.93
Repairs, Maintenance and Fuel
Machinery and Equipment		$ 32.00		$ 32.00
Fuel and oil		$ 5.00		$ 5.00
Sub-Total				$ 582.98
Interest on Operating Capital^a		10%		$ 16.91
Total Variable Costs				$ 599.89
Returns Above Var. Costs				$ 180.71
Fixed Costs
Insurance and Taxes		$ 3.00		$ 3.00
Building and Equipment		$ 10.00		$ 10.00
Land	acre	$ 50.00	0.1	$ 5.00
Total Fixed Costs				$ 18.00
Total Fixed & Variable Costs				$ 617.89
Management Fees^a				$ 43.25
Total Costs				$ 661.14
Net Returns				$ 119.46

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.