Decision Making Programs from Purdue University
Decision Making Programs from
The Oklahoma State University
This tool calculates average mineral intake for a mineral that is fed to your cattle. It includes average intake over time and graphs average intake between times you place mineral in your pasture. It can account for mineral remaining in the feeder and changes in number of cattle in the pasture.
OSU Mineral Consumption Record
Decision Making Programs from Iowa State University
Backgrounding Steer Calves Excel Worksheet
Beef Cow-Calf (one replacement unit) Excel Worksheet
Raising Versus Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement-Overview PDF
Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement (one replacement unit)
Raising Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement (one replacement unit)
Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females-Overview- PDF
Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females - Excel Worksheet
Net Present Value of Beef Replacement Females - Group Excel Worksheet
Cattle Marketing Decisions Overview PDF
Cow Repurchase Calculator Excel Worksheet
Cow Sell Calculator Excel Worksheet
Finishing Steer Calves-(one replacement unit) Excel Worksheet
Finishing Yearling Steers-(one replacement unit) Excel Worksheet
Finishing Yearling Heifers-(one replacement unit) Excel Worksheet
Enterprise Budgets for Iowa-Overview PDF
2017 Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey . PDF
Decision Making Programs from
South Dakota State University
This tool helps producers evaluate the relative costs of two different feedstuffs.
This tool helps producers compare natural and conventional feeding systems.
Cow –Calf share leases are a tool for two parties to pool resources and share the revenue. Typically one party provides the cattle and/or other fixed assets, while the other party provides labor, feed, and management. These arrangements can be beneficial to both parties, but that will require careful planning before the start of the lease.
This tool helps producers determine the economics of creep feeding beef calves.
Decision Making Programs from
The University of Wyoming
Note: These three Excel Files Must be kept together in the same folder and their files names cannot be changed in order to operate correctly. These files are compressed into one zip file.
Decision Making Programs from
the University of Kentucky