1. Calculating the purchasing cost, adjusted for deaths. |
2. Calculating total variable costs. |
3. Adjustment for interest and operated capital. |
4. Calculating break even cost. |
| Purchasing cost (pence per kg live) | ||||
| x | Adjustment for deaths (£ per head) | |||
| Purchasing weight (kg) | Purchasing costs (£ per head) | |||
1 |
||||
| / 100 = | + | |||
| Purchasing cost (£ per head) | Mortality rate (death percentage) | Percentage of deaths (%) | ||
1 |
x | = | 1 |
|
| = | ||||
| Adjusted purchasing costs (£ per head) | ||||
1 |
| Concentrates cost (£ per head) Kg concentrates per head |
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| x | ||||
| Concentrates prices (£ per t) | ||||
| / 1000 = | ||||
1 |
+ | + | Feeding cost (£ per head) | |
| + | Veterinary cost (£ per head) | |||
| + | Marketing cost (£ per head) | |||
| + | Starw cost (£ per head) | |||
| + | Other (£ per head) | |||
| Grazed grassland cost (£ per head) | ||||
| = | ||||
| Adjusted purchasing costs (£ per head) | Total variable and grazed grassland cost (£ per head) | |||
1 |
+ | 1 |
= | 1 |
| Total costs (£ per head) | Interest rate (%) | Feeding period (days) | ||||
1 |
x | / 365 x | = | 1 |
| Total cost (£ per head) | ||||
1 |
||||
| + | ||||
| Interest cost (£ per head) | ||||
1 |
||||
| = | ||||
1 |
||||
| + | ||||
| Estimated fixed costs | % selling weight (KG) | Addition to the break even cost to pay for fixed cost (p per kg live) | ||
| x 100 = | 1 |
|||
| X 100 = | ||||
1 |
(pence y KG) |