Cattle Leasing Rates

[4Cordelia]

I own ranch property of 1,000 acres. I haven't leased the 1,000 acres for cattle grazing in many years. I know there isn't a huge profit margin in cattle leasing.
Was offered the follow:
$20 month per pair
$1.50 month per pair

39 Pairs
1 Bull
104 days

Cattle Ranchers Calculation:
39 x 1.50 x 104= $6,084.
Shouldn't there be a computation for the bull?
Is this correct?


Thank You!

 

[GoWyo]

I own ranch property of 1,000 acres. I haven't leased the 1,000 acres for cattle grazing in many years. I know there isn't a huge profit margin in cattle leasing.
Was offered the follow:
$20 month per pair
$1.50 month per pair

39 Pairs
1 Bull
104 days

Cattle Ranchers Calculation:
39 x 1.50 x 104= $6,084.
Shouldn't there be a computation for the bull?
Is this correct?


Thank You!

Did you mean $1.50/day/pair? That would be around $30/month/pair. Bull should count same as a pair, especially a mature bull. A yearling bull we pay around 75% of monthly cost for a pair. Price is reasonable around here, but I don't know where you are or your market.

 

[4Cordelia]

Did you mean $1.50/day/pair? That would be around $30/month/pair. Bull should count same as a pair, especially a mature bull. A yearling bull we pay around 75% of monthly cost for a pair. Price is reasonable around here, but I don't know where you are or your market.

Sorry, yes $1.50 /day/pair. I guess I'm confused on the calculations. I'm not seeing the $20 month in their calculation. Could you break down the calculations for me. Sorry, been out of the leasing for many years. Thanks for your help.

 

[4Cordelia]

Sorry, yes $1.50 /day/pair. I guess I'm confused on the calculations. I'm not seeing the $20 month in their calculation. Could you break down the calculations for me. Sorry, been out of the leasing for many years. Thanks for your help.

What would be a better offer in your area?
Could you explain the $20 month? I understand the $1.50/day/pair.
Thanks,

 

[Travlr]

What would be a better offer in your area?
Could you explain the $20 month? I understand the $1.50/day/pair.
Thanks,

It would help if you went to your profile, scrolled down to Account details, and put in a location. It would be nice to no what kind of land you're talking about. 1000 acres for 40 cow/calf pairs must be scrub brush somewhere...

 

[GoWyo]

What would be a better offer in your area?
Could you explain the $20 month? I understand the $1.50/day/pair.
Thanks,

Woops. I meant $1.50/pair/day would be $45/month ($1.50*30 days = $45). That would be a little high here. We are more in the $30-40 per pair per month range. That is with landlord fixing the fence initially and tenant responsible for keeping it up throughout the grazing season.

 

[Brute 23]

That would be high here. It would have to be good grass, with nice infrastructure, and the land owner would be responsible for pretty much all the expenses.

30.4 is avg days in a month

30.4 x 1.50 = $45.6/ month
45.6 x 12 = $547.2 annually

We have leases for $100-150 per pair.

 

[4Cordelia]

Brute 23
$20 per pair per month
$1.50 per pair per day
104 days
39 pair

We only lease the land for 104 days per year.
39 pair x $1.50=$58.50 x 104 days =$6,084.

 

[kenny thomas]

Brute 23
$20 per pair per month
$1.50 per pair per day
104 days
39 pair

We only lease the land for 104 days per year.
39 pair x $1.50=$58.50 x 104 days =$6,084.

For my area thats high, very high.

 

[Stickney94]

It's interesting how contracts differ in different areas -- in my area in MN/SD all the pasture leases I know of are flat rates per acre (really varies but $30-70 per acre is likely the range). In most cases the grazing season is May-Sept/Oct -- roughly 120-160 days depending. Renter is responsible for fence maintenance.
But if someone is paying you $6K for 40 pair I'd think that seems like a good deal for you (imo).

 

[midTN_Brangusman]

Form my experience, normally there is no charge for the bull.

 

[Lucky]

Here it's a flat rate of $25-40 an acre. We run a cow to 4-6 acres. Facilities and fences make a difference in price

Last I checked for $30 a month someone would run the cow for you. You buy feed they do all the work.

 

[Mrcopier]

I would just make an annual price tag. I don't have time to add up how many cows and bulls are on it

 

[Brute 23]

Brute 23
$20 per pair per month
$1.50 per pair per day
104 days
39 pair

We only lease the land for 104 days per year.
39 pair x $1.50=$58.50 x 104 days =$6,084.

I don't understand what you mean when you say $20 per pair per month then say $1.50 per pair per day?

I calculated per head, annually.

Did you ever say what area this is?

Leasing for 104 days would make it less valuable to most as it adds a cost to transport, especially pairs. The exception would be neighbors who adjoin you or if it's in one of these areas where they have to move the cattle any ways but then your lease would have to line up with their seasons.

So if I give you the upper end, $150 per pair, and you only leased it for aprox 1/3 of the year, I would pay you roughly $50 per pair.

$50 x 39 = $1950

This is rough numbers based off the info given. Hay fields other values would all have to be seen and discussed.

 

[Dave]

Works out to a little over 7 acres pas cow per month. That is around what we figure for range land here in the high desert. Do you have lots of sage brush? A location would certainly assist in giving proper answers.