Calculators

Grid Pricing Calculator allows users to enter data on actual (or hypothetical) grids and actual (or hypothetical) carcass traits, and see the resulting premiums, discounts, and net price.

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Programmed Feeding for Calves designed to calculate the daily amount of feed for a pen of cattle. This amount varies with cattle weight, the energy values of the ration, and the desired rate of gain.

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Estimate Feedlot Costs This publication describes the methods for estimating cattle performance and financial aspects of cattle feeding using a spreadsheet program.

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Feedlot Breakeven Purchase Price This publication describes the methods for estimating cattle performance and financial aspects of cattle feeding using a spreadsheet program.

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RANCALC can be used to input cow/calf and stocker information for an individual beef cattle operation.  From these inputs, the program calculates net operating returns and annual cash flow for the ranch under different production-marketing alternatives available to the manager.

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OSU Cowculator v2.0 Beef Cow Nutrition Evaluation Software designed to assist cattlemen in making informed decisions associated with beef cow nutrition. Animal criteria such as cow weight, body condition, stage of production, and breed, as well as the feed and forage library, can be customized to each operation, or to specific scenarios within an operation. Animal requirements and performance predictions are based on years of research data, which includes the 1996 and previous versions of the National Research Council’s (NRC) Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle.

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Wheat and Wheat-Stocker Production Planner enables a user to describe farm-specific situations and to compare the economic consequences of alternative uses of land seeded to wheat.  It is a microcomputer decision aid program developed to assist wheat producers evaluate the economic consequences of alternative wheat and wheat-stocker production systems.

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