Table 2. Crawfish Enterprise Budget

Item Unit Quantity   Price or
cost / unit
  Total
value/cost
1. Gross Receipts    
Crawfish (pond run) lb. 4000 1.25   5000.00
2. Variable cost            
Forage (rice) acre 5   63.35   316.75
Bait lb. 2030   .35   710.50
Labor hr. 175 .00 .00 
Sacks each 98   .35 34.30
Electricity kwh 3170   .075   237.76
Facility and equipment repair dol.         188.50
Interest on operating capital dol. 744   .085   63.23
Total variable cost           1551.04
3. Income above variable cost           3448.96
4. Fixed costs            
General overhead acre 5   5.00   25.00
Forage (rice) acre 5   10.36   51.80
Interest on broodstock capital dol. 350   .09   31.50
Interest on building and equipment dol. 4298   .09   386.78
Depriciation on building and equipment dol.         923.00
Other fixed costs on building and equipment dol.         60.38
Total fixed costs           1478.45
5. Total costs of all specified expenses           3029.49
6. Net returns above all specified expenses           1970.51

Net returns per acre:          
Above specified variable expenses            689.79
Above specified total expenses           394.10
Break-even price (per cwt sold):          
To cover specified total variable expenses          

 38.78

To cover specified total expenses           75.74

Labor cost ($5/hr) included:
Net returns per acre:
Above specified variable expenses
          507.35
Above specified total expenses           211.66
Break-even price (per cwt sold):
To cover specified variable expenses
          61.58
To cover specified total expenses           98.54

Facilities And Equipment
Item Price
per unit
Number Proportion
charged
Total
charged
Salvage
value (%)
Years of life
Water quality kit 175 1 1 175 0 5
Traps 8 100 1 800 0 4
Cooler 800 1 1 800 0 10
Scales 100 1 1 100 0 10
Waders 125 2 1 250 0 2
Aerator (5 hp) 3300 1 1 3300 5 10
Pump
(350 gal./min.)
600 1 1 600 5 10
Total facilities and equipment       8400    
Broodstock 1 350 1 350    
Total investment       8750    
Total investment per acre       1750    
For a 5-acre crawfish budget: estimated annual costs and returns; using recommended management practices; 800 lb./Acre average yield; Alabama, 1994. These estimates should be used as guides for planning purposes only.

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