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Livestock gross margin budgets

Budgets for livestock: beef, sheep, goats and pigs. The budgets listed are gross margin budgets.

Beef gross margins - December 2012

  • Background information on beef gross margin budgets
  • Beef gross margin budgets - Summary  19.2 KB
  • European Union cattle  27.5 KB
  • Grow out steers 160kg to 340kg  23.2 KB
  • Grow out steers 240kg to 420kg  21.5 KB
  • Grow out steers 240kg to 460kg  23.5 KB
  • Inland weaners  25.1 KB
  • Japanese ox  25.6 KB
  • Local trade/feeders (creep feed)  24.5 KB
  • North Coast weaners - improved land  24.9 KB
  • North Coast weaners - unimproved land  24.3 KB
  • Specialist local trade (vealers)  26.2 KB
  • Yearling (southern/central NSW)  24.7 KB
  • Young cattle - heavy feeder steers  25.4 KB
  • Young cattle 15 to 20 months  25.7 KB

Sheep gross margins - December 2011

  • Background information on sheep gross margin budgets
  • Dorper ewes - Dorper rams  24.4 KB
  • First cross ewes - terminal meat rams  24.3 KB
  • Merino ewe (18 micron) - Merino rams  22.5 KB
  • Merino ewe (20 micron) - 75% to Merino rams, 25% to terminal meat rams  23.0 KB
  • Merino ewe (20 micron) - maternal meat rams  22.8 KB
  • Merino ewe (20 micron) - Merino rams  22.8 KB
  • Merino ewe (20 micron) - Merino rams, wether lambs finished  22.6 KB
  • Merino ewe (20 micron) - terminal rams  22.4 KB
  • Merino wethers - 18 micron  21.6 KB
  • Merino wethers - 20 micron  21.6 KB

Goat gross margins - July 2006

  • Meat goats - inner area  31.6 KB
  • Meat goats - western area  32.5 KB

Pig gross margins - 2005

  • Bacon production: average performance  42.2 KB
  • Bacon production: good performance  38.4 KB

Deer gross margins

Deer production information and gross margin budgets are available from the Deer Industry Association of Australia website.

  • About gross margin budgets
  • Livestock gross margin budgets
  • Summer crop gross margin budgets
  • Winter crop gross margin budgets
  • Vegetable crop gross margin budgets
  • Irrigated cherry production gross margins
  • Guide to machinery and water costs
  • Dryland lucerne gross margin budgets
  • Budget templates (Farm Forms)
  • Farm cost information
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