Boxed beef model

Cattle box profitability

Compare buying yearling steers or grown steers, feeding them to a target finish weight, processing them, and selling boxed beef.

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Configure first

Options, costs and feed assumptions

Batch

Revenue and costs

Boxed beef yield

Feed

Purchase options

Option Kg $/head Gain/day
Yearling
Grown

Results

Comparison below updates as you change the configuration

Default result

Option comparison

$31/kg boxed beef

Cost stack

Total cost split

Option detail

Single option operating view

Formula output

Detailed model

Metric Yearling steers Grown steers

Scenario comparison

Base, conservative and optimistic cases

Stress test

Sensitivity