Unit Cost of Production

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Spreadsheets developed by Dallas Mount, concept based on work by Dr. Harlan Hughes

Excel Spreadsheets for download:

Cow-Calf Business

Stocker Business

Hay Business

Land Business

Overhead Worksheet

Total Ranch Summary

Download all the above spreadsheets in a compressed folder

 

Instructions on How to Calculate Unit Cost of Production by Harlan Hughes

Video Tutorial on how to conduct a whole ranch cost of production/economic analysis:

Older video set on how to Calculate Unit Cost of Production (4 parts, about 10 minutes each)

 

Data Entry forms for doing cow-calf UCOP by hand then entering into spreadsheet

 

Benchmark Datasets:

Wyoming-Western Nebraska 24 Ranches 2008-2011 (updated Jan 2012)

2011 did not have enough participants to generate annual numbers

(however these ranches are included in the dataset above)

Wyoming-Western Nebraska 2010 Numbers

Wyoming-Western Nebraska 2008 Numbers

 

2009 North Dakota Farm Business Management Program (beef cows only)

(link to ND full report)

North Dakota CHAPS herd performance benchmarks

 

Whole Ranch Example (Lug Nut Ranch):

Ranch Description

Overhead worksheet

Land

Cow-Calf Business

Stockers

Hay Production

Total Ranch Summary

 

Other Examples:

Public Lands Ranch - Whole Ranch

UCOP/Eastern WY Ranch Description.docx

UCOP/eastern wy example.xlsx

 

 

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