// 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