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Program to Estimate Feedlot Breakeven Purchase Price

Last Updated: October 23, 2009 Related resource areas: Beef Cattle

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Donald R. Gill, Extension Animal Science

Keith S. Lusby, Extension Animal Science

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Oklahoma State University


This program is a special application of FLCALC modified to estimate the necessary purchase price of feeder cattle with the objective of a feedlot breakeven. To facilitate easy use, feed cost is computed from corn price per bushel plus a fixed markup for feedlot margin and feed additives. Using the price of corn to determine the cost of a feedlot ration is based on the assumption that all the alternative feeds are priced in relation to corn.

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