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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisB" data-source="post: 1315950" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>This is what I do. When I try to come up with a cost per head, I haven't figured out a good way to figure equipment and fencing. For example, if I bought a tractor in 2005 for $50,000 that is used for, planting corn, baling hay, feeding cows, on a tmr mixer for feedlot etc. how do you get an accurate number to apply to the cost to keep a cow? I guess you could keep track of each hour you spend on the tractor and apply it to that enterprise. But how many years does that get spread out? I could depreciate it over 5 years, but what happens if I still have that tractor in year 10? Do I have to go back and adjust my numbers for each previous year since instead of $10,000 per year it is actually $5000? And then in year 11 I sell it for $20,000 so do I go back and adjust numbers again? If you figure dozens of pieces of equipment and miles of fencing, corrals, squeeze chutes, ... I really don't understand how some people can nail it down to an exact number.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisB, post: 1315950, member: 122"] This is what I do. When I try to come up with a cost per head, I haven't figured out a good way to figure equipment and fencing. For example, if I bought a tractor in 2005 for $50,000 that is used for, planting corn, baling hay, feeding cows, on a tmr mixer for feedlot etc. how do you get an accurate number to apply to the cost to keep a cow? I guess you could keep track of each hour you spend on the tractor and apply it to that enterprise. But how many years does that get spread out? I could depreciate it over 5 years, but what happens if I still have that tractor in year 10? Do I have to go back and adjust my numbers for each previous year since instead of $10,000 per year it is actually $5000? And then in year 11 I sell it for $20,000 so do I go back and adjust numbers again? If you figure dozens of pieces of equipment and miles of fencing, corrals, squeeze chutes, ... I really don't understand how some people can nail it down to an exact number. [/QUOTE]
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