Enterprise Analysis Assistance
A. Size of Enterprise. For animal weight or animal products produced, refer to page 4-A.
B. Rate of Gain and Production.
Beef: Percent of calf crop = Calves born alive
Cows bred to calve
Poultry: Percent egg production = Average eggs per hen
365 (days)
Sheep: Percent of lamb crop = Lambs born alive
Ewes bred
Swine: Pigs farrowed per litter = Live pigs farrowed
No. of litters
C. Returns and Feed Costs. Round total returns and value fed to the nearest whole dollar.
Returns per $100 feed fed = Total returns x 100
Dollars worth of feed fed
Total feed cost= Beg. Inventory (p. 1A) + Feed Purchas (p.12A) – End Inventory (p. 13A)
D. Marketing.
Average weight sold = Total sales weight
Animals Sold
Average price received = Total sales value
Unites sold
E. Feeding Efficiency
Note: Convert all corn to shelled corn basis (56 lb per bu.) before figuring efficiency factors
Poultry – 1 unit is equal to 1 dozen eggs or 1.5 lb of weight
Dairy – 1 unit is equal to 100 lb of milk equivalent. Milk equivalent equals value of beef produced divided by average price received per cwt. Milk plus cwt. of milk produced.
1. Feed cost per cwt. of per unit
a. For hogs or beef cattle = Total feed cost x 100
lb. weight produced
b. For sheep= Total feed cost x 100
lb. wool + lb weight
c. For dairy or poultry = Total feed cost x 100
Units of production
2. Feed per cwt. gain per unit
a. for hogs, beef cattle, or sheep = lb. of each fed x 100
lb. weight produced
(For sheep, include wool with weight as in 1-b. above)
b. For dairy or poultry = lb of each feed fed x 100
units of production
F. Death Loss
% death loss = Weight of animals died
Total animal weight produced
Do not include weight of pigs died before weaning or of chicks under 2 weeks of age. A low percent of death loss means a high enterprise rating for this item.