TABLE 12 - 8
Livestock Enterprise Analysis, 2001
North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
State Report
(Farms Sorted By Net Return Per Unit)
Dairy Replacement Heifers -- Average per Head
Avg. Of
All Farms
Number of farms 17
Quantity Value
Replacements sold (hd) 0.50 187.55
Transferred out (hd) 0.28 291.65
Cull sales (hd) 0.00 0.50
Butchered (hd) 0.01 3.47
Less purchased (hd) 0.00 -4.78
Less transferred in (hd) -0.75 -112.45
Inventory change (hd) -0.05 87.53
Total production (hd) 0.00 453.47
Other income -
Gross return 453.47
Direct Expenses
Barley (bu.) 4.24 6.22
Corn (bu.) 9.91 16.88
Corn Silage (lb.) 2,576.83 22.11
Hay, Alfalfa (lb.) 1,237.34 35.46
Hay, Grass & Other (lb.) 2,014.92 35.55
Oatlage (lb.) 187.62 1.20
Oats (bu.) 10.29 12.92
Pasture (aum) 1.63 22.70
Complete Ration (lb.) 298.82 17.97
Milk (lb.) 143.06 13.26
Protein Vit Minerals (lb.) 1,385.03 40.54
Other feed stuffs 522.24 9.05
Breeding fees 3.18
Veterinary 16.50
Livestock supplies 7.53
Fuel & oil 7.51
Repairs 12.17
Custom hire 3.81
Operating interest 1.74
Total direct expenses 286.29
Return over direct expense 167.18
Overhead Expenses
Custom hire 3.20
Hired labor 19.69
Machinery & bldg leases 1.94
Farm insurance 3.63
Utilities 8.38
Interest 7.26
Mach & bldg depreciation 12.20
Miscellaneous 5.92
Total overhead expenses 62.22
Total dir & ovhd expenses 348.51
Net return 104.97
Other Information
No. purchased or trans in 48
Number sold or trans out 49
Average number of head 63
Percentage death loss 6.7
Feed cost per average head 233.85