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Northwest Iowa | What do you think is a fair number to charge yourself yardage year in year out on feeding your own cattle in your own lots. Not in a confinement barn but having open lots with shelter that are bedded. Just running some numbers this evening and wanted to get some opinions. Feed wagon, payloader, skid loader, fuel, repairs and lot maintenance. My best guess is .25-.30/head/day on 500-600 head on feed. I feel manure hauling to a field should be billed out against the cattle but the spreading costs can be billed against the row crop operation since it has good fertilizer value. I do have other livestock that we use the machinery on but the vast majority is for the cattle. With out the cattle the payloader and skid loader wouldn’t be on the farm or really couldn’t be justified.
Edited by Mmac 3/23/2024 20:25
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Charging yardage to yourself
