Bullocks

Summary

The Bullocks program does for non-breeding cattle what the Cowtrade program does for breeder groups. Although the focus of the Bullocks program is on selecting the most profitable turnover cattle, it may also be used to evaluate forced sales options. The gross margins calculated in the Bullocks program for non-breeders may be compared with the gross margin for breeders as calculated in the Cowtrade program if they are compared on a per adult equivalent after interest or capital invested basis. The Bullocks program requires data for purchase and sale dates, weights, prices (landed and net respectively), expected mortalities, variable costs, interest rate and purchase and sale price increments for the sensitivity tables.

Using the Bullocks program

The program is located with the [Breedcow and Dynama] software, within the Tools tab, which can be accessed after registering or logging in to use the free software. Figure 1 below displays the Bullocks scenario list page.

• A new scenario can be created by clicking the Save button beside a blank yellow name bar and can be named by typing in the yellow bar. This scenario or previously created scenarios can be edited by clicking the Open button.
• To open an example scenario click the Copy button beside the example scenario and it will be copied into your scenario list where it can be opened as your own scenario.
• A scenario can be shared with another user by clicking the Share button then entering in the email address for the user you wish to share it with. Note that this must be the email they have used to register their account with at https://breedcowdynama.com.au the shared scenario will appear in their scenarios list for the relevant program.

Figure 1 - Bullocks scenario list