Without a cost breakdown, I'm looking at $NZ 6-7000 for AI this year, over 290 cows.
Semen is $NZ16 - 20 a straw dairy, $8 a straw for the cows I won't keep replacements from (low birthweight beef), allow $150 for hire of AI tank, the odd delivery charge (semen, tank, nitrogen), gloves, lube, sheaths, wipes.
I don't charge my time. Probably I should. If I got someone else in to do the AI it would be $6 per insemination.
Tailpaint about $8 a litre, I'll probably use eight -twelve litres. Synch as below - I might do 10% of the herd depending how they're cycling, 25 - 35 dollars a cow for drugs, allow 2 - 300 for vet visits to administer those drugs (we don't get to handle and adminster them ourselves in NZ).
Aside from the AI costs, I'll be buying or leasing 2 Jersey yearlings for the yearling heifers, three Angus 2 yr olds for the cows. Cost to buy $NZ1000 - 2000 per bull.
I could instead continue with AI the whole mating season, and may in future (only running bulls with the heifers). So far finishing off with a bull weighs better in terms of workload and getting cows in calf.
These costs are New Zealand dollars - semen here is cheap compared to many other countries, other costs tend to translate fairly well even though the dollar is valued at 55c US at the mo.