// slide + pencil shrink
What you actually get paid
Net price after pencil shrink and weight-based price slide.
deterministic model
$ Cattle
$ Price slide
Net value per head
$1962.66/head
776 pay lb × $252.92/cwt
Effective price (vs gross)
$245.33 /cwt
vs quoted $255.00 /cwt
Lost vs quoted
−$77.34/hd
50 head · −$3867 total
$ Breakdown
Gross weight
800.00 lb
Pencil shrink
3% of gross
24.00 lb
Pay weight
776.00 lb
Over base weight
base 750 lb
26.00 lb
Slide deduction
8 × 0.26 cwt
2.08 $/cwt
Net price
252.92 $/cwt
Lot value (50 hd)$98133
// sensitivity — net $/head vs pencil shrink
1%
$1993
2%
$1978
3%
$1963
4%
$1947
5%
$1932