Livestock Enterprise Analysis, 1999
North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
State Report
(Farms sorted by Return to Overhead)
Dairy -- Average per Cow
Average For Average For Average For
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of farms 27 5 5
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
Milk sold (lb) 16222.12 2206.42 12905.43 1554.47 15073.25 2059.35
Milk used in home (lb) 21.48 2.36 13.50 1.49 15.88 1.67
Milk fed to animals (lb) 145.53 15.67 167.28 15.34 188.29 19.07
Dairy Calves sold (hd) 0.11 8.17 0.13 13.70 0.00 0.39
Transferred out (hd) 0.68 81.43 0.28 34.48 0.71 84.03
Cull sales (hd) 0.23 109.29 0.15 75.82 0.22 94.38
Butchered (hd) 0.00 1.02 0.00 1.81 0.00 0.00
Less purchased (hd) -0.15 -192.40 -0.17 -175.86 -0.06 -54.56
Less transferred in (hd) -0.31 -284.31 -0.13 -112.72 -0.33 -223.27
Inventory change (hd) 0.15 167.44 0.03 34.78 0.11 95.69
Total production 2115.10 1443.32 2076.76
Other income 8.38 0.00 9.07
Gross return 2123.49 1443.32 2085.83
Direct expenses
Barley (bu.) 44.66 62.46 40.61 56.17 25.14 37.71
Corn (bu.) 40.12 72.11 24.82 51.01 47.40 84.10
Corn Silage (lb.) 4575.97 43.92 6206.90 57.33 3512.50 26.34
Corn, Ear (lb.) 279.98 6.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hay, Alfalfa (lb.) 5402.41 144.70 5653.45 145.70 4051.19 92.81
Hay, Grass & Other (lb.) 2471.83 40.31 6863.45 122.05 3614.88 71.59
Haylage, Alfalfa (lb.) 2576.92 35.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Haylage, Grass & Other (lb.) 1728.03 17.62 0.00 0.00 1094.70 6.57
Oatlage (lb.) 1649.63 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Oats (bu.) 6.80 6.98 6.90 6.25 17.85 21.42
Pasture (aum) 2.10 25.47 3.46 40.39 2.84 35.05
Sorghum Silage (lb.) 447.97 2.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Straw (lb.) 578.10 3.16 189.66 0.95 1220.71 6.95
Sunflowers (cwt.) 0.62 6.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Complete Ration (lb.) 1371.93 117.64 2383.88 190.21 866.31 75.80
Protein Vit Minerals (lb.) 1910.91 188.76 323.79 59.01 2288.80 127.18
Other feed stuffs 11.50 0.00 0.10
Breeding fees 8.77 4.17 7.06
Veterinary 57.93 39.30 24.32
Livestock supplies 83.21 88.62 44.54
Fuel & oil 42.14 52.62 29.36
Repairs 107.95 84.74 84.20
Custom hire 34.90 0.00 12.92
Hired labor 39.53 0.00 0.00
Livestock leases 8.71 0.00 0.00
Marketing 105.44 92.29 103.30
Operating interest 16.71 16.93 8.88
Total direct expenses 1305.96 1107.73 900.20
Return over direct expense 817.52 335.59 1185.63
Overhead expenses
Hired labor 88.40 21.02 29.50
Machinery & bldg leases 26.83 0.00 4.81
Farm insurance 22.66 23.63 24.47
Utilities 51.24 52.28 56.95
Dues & professional fees 5.06 1.96 3.54
Interest 44.69 61.29 27.71
Mach & bldg depreciation 71.92 52.37 52.34
Miscellaneous 41.19 34.10 39.89
Total overhead expenses 352.01 246.64 239.21
Total listed expenses 1657.98 1354.37 1139.40
Net return 465.51 88.95 946.42
Other Information
Avg. number of Cows 66.1 46.4 50.8
Milk produced per Cow 16389 13086 15277
Percent butterfat in milk 3.7 4.2 3.9
Culling percentage 22.8 14.7 22.4
Percent of barn capacity 89.8 87.5 95.8
Lbs. milk/lb grain & conc. 2.0 2.1 2.7
Feed cost per cwt of milk 4.89 5.57 3.83
Feed cost per Cow 800.68 729.07 585.61
Avg. milk price per cwt. 13.60 12.05 13.66
Livestock Enterprise Analysis, 1999
North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
State Report
(Farms sorted by Return to Overhead)
Dairy -- Average per Cwt of Milk
Average For Average For Average For
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of farms 27 5 5
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
Milk sold (lb) 98.98 13.46 98.62 11.88 98.66 13.48
Milk used in home (lb) 0.13 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.10 0.01
Milk fed to animals (lb) 0.89 0.10 1.28 0.12 1.23 0.12
Dairy Calves sold (hd) 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00
Transferred out (hd) 0.00 0.50 0.00 0.26 0.00 0.55
Cull sales (hd) 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.58 0.00 0.62
Less purchased (hd) -0.00 -1.17 -0.00 -1.34 -0.00 -0.36
Less transferred in (hd) -0.00 -1.73 -0.00 -0.86 -0.00 -1.46
Inventory change (hd) 0.00 1.02 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.63
Total production 12.91 11.03 13.59
Other income 0.05 0.00 0.06
Gross return 12.96 11.03 13.65
Direct expenses
Barley (bu.) 0.27 0.38 0.31 0.43 0.16 0.25
Corn (bu.) 0.24 0.44 0.19 0.39 0.31 0.55
Corn Silage (lb.) 27.92 0.27 47.43 0.44 22.99 0.17
Corn, Ear (lb.) 1.71 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hay, Alfalfa (lb.) 32.96 0.88 43.20 1.11 26.52 0.61
Hay, Grass & Other (lb.) 15.08 0.25 52.45 0.93 23.66 0.47
Haylage, Alfalfa (lb.) 15.72 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Haylage, Grass & Other (lb.) 10.54 0.11 0.00 0.00 7.17 0.04
Oatlage (lb.) 10.07 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Oats (bu.) 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.12 0.14
Pasture (aum) 0.01 0.16 0.03 0.31 0.02 0.23
Sorghum Silage (lb.) 2.73 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Straw (lb.) 3.53 0.02 1.45 0.01 7.99 0.05
Sunflowers (cwt.) 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Complete Ration (lb.) 8.37 0.72 18.22 1.45 5.67 0.50
Protein Vit Minerals (lb.) 11.66 1.15 2.47 0.45 14.98 0.83
Other feed stuffs 0.07 0.00 0.00
Breeding fees 0.05 0.03 0.05
Veterinary 0.35 0.30 0.16
Livestock supplies 0.51 0.68 0.29
Fuel & oil 0.26 0.40 0.19
Repairs 0.66 0.65 0.55
Custom hire 0.21 0.00 0.08
Hired labor 0.24 0.00 0.00
Livestock leases 0.05 0.00 0.00
Marketing 0.64 0.71 0.68
Operating interest 0.10 0.13 0.06
Total direct expenses 7.97 8.46 5.89
Return over direct expense 4.99 2.56 7.76
Overhead expenses
Hired labor 0.54 0.16 0.19
Machinery & bldg leases 0.16 0.00 0.03
Farm insurance 0.14 0.18 0.16
Utilities 0.31 0.40 0.37
Dues & professional fees 0.03 0.01 0.02
Interest 0.27 0.47 0.18
Mach & bldg depreciation 0.44 0.40 0.34
Miscellaneous 0.25 0.26 0.26
Total overhead expenses 2.15 1.88 1.57
Total listed expenses 10.12 10.35 7.46
Net return 2.84 0.68 6.19
Other Information
Avg. number of Cows 66.1 46.4 50.8
Milk produced per Cow 16389 13086 15277
Percent butterfat in milk 3.7 4.2 3.9
Culling percentage 22.8 14.7 22.4
Percent of barn capacity 89.8 87.5 95.8
Lbs. milk/lb grain & conc. 2.0 2.1 2.7
Feed cost per cwt of milk 4.89 5.57 3.83
Feed cost per Cow 800.68 729.07 585.61
Avg. milk price per cwt. 13.60 12.05 13.66