2017 Beef Cattle Farming Cost and Profit Analysis
Beef cattle farming is a very promising industry today. Of course, aside from the high costs, its advantages include stable prices, a stable market, and stable demand. At the same time, compared with pork and chicken, beef has the characteristics of being high in protein and low in fat. As people's living standards continue to improve, beef consumption will also gradually increase. Let's take a look below at the 2017 beef cattle farming cost and profit!
The Current State of Beef Cattle Farming
1. Beef cattle have long been in short supply. Globally, beef accounts for more than half of meat in developed regions of the world, while in China it accounts for only about 10%. As for per capita beef availability, developed countries in the world have more than 50 kg, the world average is 10 kg, while China has less than 5 kg, and in some areas of the south in particular it is less than 2 kg. China has entered the stage of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and beef is part of the indicators of moderate prosperity. People are paying more and more attention to improving the quality and structure of their diet, and the demand for beef, especially high-quality beef, will grow day by day.
2. Cattle are herbivores, with high feed utilization and the highest conversion rate among livestock. They have low costs and a high return rate, because eating grass does not compete with humans for grain, and their safety and hygiene indicators are relatively high, making them close to natural green food. The cattle farming industry is an old, long-term, and stable industry. Numerous examples and practices have proven that some far-sighted businessmen and engineering contractors, after completing their basic capital accumulation, all invest their surplus funds into the livestock and cattle farming industry.
3. In the future, China's demand for beef cattle will gradually increase. Choosing beef cattle farming is a good opportunity, and the timing can be seized, but without a good investment budget and scientific farming methods, it still will not work.
The Farming Cost of Beef Cattle
1. Breeding cattle cost: First-generation Simmental cattle, 3-5 months old, weighing 200-300 jin, are expected to be purchased at 3000-4000 yuan per head. Limousin beef cattle, 3-5 months old, weighing 400-500 jin, are expected to be purchased at 3000-5000 yuan per head. When buying beef cattle, do not be greedy for cheapness. Beef cattle breeds are divided into high, medium, and low purity. In choosing the weight of beef cattle, you should not plan to buy small ones just because you have less funds. Small calves have poor adaptability and low disease resistance, and are not easy to raise. In the end, raising them is not as good as directly buying ones that are relatively older in months and heavier in weight.
2. Disease prevention cost: Each cow needs 2 vaccinations per year. The main vaccines include foot-and-mouth disease, sheep pox, and triple-combined quadruple-prevention vaccines, among others. Each cow needs 3 yuan per year, and 100 cows need 300 yuan per year for vaccines. Disease treatment is estimated at 40 yuan per cow per year, and 100 cows need 400 yuan per year for treatment costs.
3. Feed cost: For beef cattle raised from 300 jin for 10 months, 16 yuan needs to be invested per day, and 4800 yuan is needed for 300 days of investment (roughage/concentrate).
① Roughage: wheat straw, rice straw, corn straw, silage straw, pasture grass, peanut vines, sweet potato vines, tree leaves, and various other herbaceous plants. Based on an average of 18-20 jin per day, with the purchase price of roughage calculated at 0.3 yuan per jin, 6 yuan needs to be invested (the daily roughage cost per beef cow).
② Concentrate: cornmeal, soybean meal, wheat bran, salt, wheat husk, cooked soybean cake, bone meal, baking soda, and appropriately added multivitamins and trace elements. Based on an average of 6-7 jin per day, with each jin of mixed concentrate calculated at 1.4 yuan, 10 yuan needs to be invested. (The daily concentrate cost per beef cow.)
4. Other costs: Other expenses include water and electricity fees and disinfection fees. The money from selling cow manure can offset these expenses. The monthly labor cost is estimated at 2000 yuan.
The Farming Profit of Beef Cattle
The purchase cost of beef cattle weighing 200-300 jin is 3000-4000 yuan. Raising them for 10 months gains 800-900 jin (feeding cost 4500-5000 yuan). The slaughter weight is 1100 jin. At a finished cattle price of 13 yuan per market jin, the sales budget is more than 14000 yuan. After deducting the feeding cost, the net profit per beef cow is about 5000 yuan.