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Table 36: Costs and Returns for Dairy Cow Production

| By | Conventional Production Practices

Table 36: Costs and Returns for Dairy Cow Production

Per Cow Plus Replacement – 19,000 Pounds of Milk, Northeastern United States, 1996

ITEM HEAD UNIT PRICE QUANTITY TOTAL
           
Receipts          
Milk Sales 1 cwt $ 14.00 190 $ 2,660.00
Cows Culled 0.31 cwt $ 47.00 13 $ 189.41
Calves Sold 0.44 lbs $ 1.04 100 $ 45.76
Heifers Sold 0.11 lbs $ 0.55 600 $ 36.30
Total Receipts   $ 2,931.47
   
Variable Costs  
Feed Costs     < /td>
Corn Grain Equivalent bu $ 2.80 111 $ 310.80
Hay Equivalent tons $ 100.00 3.9 $ 390.00
Corn Silage tons $ 23.75 8.7 $ 206.63
Soybean Meal cwt $ 14.00 20.5 $ 287.00
Dicalcium Phosphate lb $ 0.22 98 $ 21.56
Limestone lb $ 0.05 133 $ 6.65
Salt lb $ 0.09 85 $ 7.65
Milk Replacer lb $ 0.90 12 $ 10.80
Total Feed Costs   $ 1,241.09
Other  
Bedding $ 65.00 0.76 $ 49.40
Misc. Livestock Supplies $ 74.00 $ 74.00
Breeding Fees $ 40.00 $ 40.00
Veterinarian and Medicine $ 62.00 $ 62.00
Milk Testing $ 15.00 $ 15.00
Utilities $ 63.50 $ 63.50
Insurance $ 10.00 $ 10.00
Coop Dues cwt $ 0.15 190 $ 28.50
Milk Hauling & nbsp; cwt $ 0.75 190 $ 142.50
Marketing   < /td> cwt $ 0.12 190 $ 22.80
Advertising cwt $ 0.05 190 $ 9.50
Labor  
Operator hr $ 14.48 51 $ 738.48
Hired hr $ 7.24 41 $ 296.84
Diesel Fuel and Oil  
Gas, fuel, and oil $ 11.20
Repair & Maintenance  
Building and Equipment $ 36.00 $ 36.00
Sub-Total   $ 2,840.81
Interest on Operating Capitala   10% $ 23.58
Total Variable Costs   $ 2,864.39
Returns Above Variable Costs   $ 30.78
Fixed Costs  
Building and Equipment $ 260.00 $ 260.00
Land Charge acre $ 50.00 0.25 $ 12.50
Total Fixed Costs   $ 272.50
Total Fixed & Variable Costs   $ 3,136.89
Management Feesa   7% $ 218.71
Total Costs   $ 3,355.60
Net Returns   $ (424.13)