Profitability in feed lot conditions of finishing steers or bulls cattle beef

Authors

  • Marcos Aurélio Lopes Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Glauber dos Santos Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Lucas Villela Rosa Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Naina Magalhães Lopes Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG

Keywords:

Production cost, profitability, cattle beef, simulation

Abstract

By simulation, comparatively analyzed, the profitability of the finishing steers and bulls beef cattle, were considering the daily average profits 7, 14 and 21% higher than the steers. These percentages were chosen due to survey results found in the literature. The data processing was made by using an electronic spread sheet developed specifically for it, which estimated the costs using total cost (steady and variable costs) and total operational cost (effective operational cost and depreciations). By analyzing the profitability, it was concluded that castration influenced negatively the total cost of arroba production of meat. Even so, the rentability and profitability were satisfactory due to a better fee made by the slaughter houses to the farmers whose delivered steers, when the gain of bulls weight up to 16,7% higher than the profit of the steers.

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Published

2013-11-26

Issue

Section

ANIMAL NUTRITION

How to Cite

Profitability in feed lot conditions of finishing steers or bulls cattle beef. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 62(4), 289-294. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1290

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