Would direct sales beat the other check?

Use the net value of selling the animal another way, then add direct-sale costs and the earnings needed to justify the extra work.

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Finished packaged pounds The take-home pounds customers can actually buy. lb Reserve or unlikely to sell Family use, samples, shrink, damage, or slow inventory. % Net value from the other sale The check the ranch would keep after that option’s expenses. $ Processing and packaging Butcher, labels, boxes, and cold storage for this batch. $ Other direct-sale costs Delivery, advertising, labor, and costs not counted above. $ Selling and payment fees Marketplace, card, or other percentage fees on sales. % Additional ranch earnings Dollars direct sales should leave above the other value and costs. $

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Target average selling price

$12.40/ packaged lb

Selling 475 packaged pounds at that average produces $5,888.89 in gross batch sales.

Break-even average: $7.72 / lb
Total costs repaid: $3,300.00
Other-sale value repaid: $1,800.00
Additional ranch earnings: $2,000.00

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If the other-sale value is the net check you could take today, the direct-sale target repays that value first. It then repays processing and other costs, accounts for unsold pounds and percentage fees, and leaves the additional earnings shown.

This is a planning worksheet, not accounting, tax, or legal advice. Weight, class, condition, location, timing, freight, commission, customer demand, and the costs entered here change the answer.

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