Analysis of Cattle Farming Profit and Cost in 2018
More and more people are raising cattle, and many farmers only follow the trend once they see more people doing it; relatively few farmers carefully consider profit and cost. So is cattle farming profitable in 2018? Below, the editor gives everyone a brief introduction to the relevant data so you can have an understanding.
1. Calf and Vaccine Costs
When raising cattle, it is still best to raise improved breeds, as both the profit margin and fattening results are relatively obvious. At present, the price of improved-breed calves on the market fluctuates upward from 25 yuan/jin, and a calf of about 200 jin costs roughly 5,000 yuan, which is an acceptable range. After purchase, the cost of various vaccine injections is kept at about 200 yuan per head, which can basically meet disease prevention needs. Calculated on a scale of 10 head, the above costs total about 52,000 yuan.
2. Farming Costs
Farming costs mainly include cattle shed and feed costs, and one farmer alone can handle raising 10 head of cattle. The cost of building a cattle shed for 10 head is about 10,000 yuan; the larger the scale, the lower the cost, and it can generally be used for about 10 years. Each head of cattle needs about 20 yuan worth of feed per day, and can generally be sent to market after about 10 months; the farming cost is about 60,000 yuan, and at the time of marketing the weight can generally remain at about 1,200 jin.
3. Beef Cattle Farming Profit
At present, the average marketing price of beef cattle is kept at around 14 yuan/jin, with some fluctuation according to the fatness and breed of the beef cattle. The total marketing price of one head of improved-breed beef cattle is 16,800 yuan, and for 10 head it is 168,000 yuan. Net profit can be kept at around 168,000-52,000-60,000-10,000=46,000 yuan. If during this period the farmer plants green feed himself, the profit will be even better, and the following year the cattle shed cost can be removed, bringing in nearly 10,000 yuan more, which is also a fairly good profit project compared with working for others.
4. Farming Prospects
Beef appears relatively little on the market, but it is often in short supply. In terms of the time involved in cattle farming, one round of cattle farming can basically cover two rounds of pig farming, so the profit may look relatively lower than pig farming. But everyone cannot ignore market factors: the price of beef is more than twice that of pork, competition among farmers is also small, and sales channels are much simpler. Moreover, the beef cattle market is relatively stable over the long term, with no major fluctuations, so for farmers this is an ideal farming project.
As a traditional farming project, cattle farming has been developing slowly all along; compared with the cattle farming situation in the past, it is now better by who knows how many times. In terms of farming profit, it is also a relatively outstanding project, and everyone can pay more attention to this industry.