Livestock project worksheets

Beef project worksheets

Dated weights and receipts keep the project math checkable. Put the scale ticket, feed costs, and fair-book target on the worksheet.

Use these sheets for market steers, heifers, breeding projects, and rate-of-gain notes. Enter dates, weights, feed amounts, and costs only. Use your fair book and advisor for targets and animal-management decisions.

Check average daily gain Open the weight log

What to have beside the worksheet

Scale tickets or dated weight notes
Feed receipts with package weight and price
Animal purchase, entry, hauling, and show-supply receipts
Current official fair or show dates and weight rules

Worked record example

A dated beef-project weight row

April 12: 720 lb
May 10: 790 lb
70 lb gained over 28 days
70 / 28 = 2.50 lb per day

This example only shows the arithmetic. It does not set a target or feeding plan.

The original record makes the math checkable

Use dates and weights from scale tickets, then use feed receipts or expense notes for cost work. The print and export copies keep those starting numbers beside the answer.

Calculator Weight and show date

Average Daily Gain Calculator

See whether your animal is gaining fast enough: current ADG, the ADG still needed, and a projected fair-day weight.

Weight log / ADG sheet Source links checked Jul. 1, 2026

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Tracker Weight and show date

Weight Log Chart

Record dated weights and print a chart for fair progress and advisor conversations.

Weight log / ADG sheet Source links checked Jul. 1, 2026

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Worksheet Livestock Feed Cost Calculator Figure daily feed cost and project feed spend from bag price, pounds fed, and days on feed. Feed and expense sheet Worksheet Market Animal Break-Even Price Calculator Estimate the sale price per pound needed to cover the project costs you enter, then compare an optional sale-price scenario. Feed and expense sheet Worksheet Project Expense Tracker Log animal purchase, feed, bedding, entries, supplies, and hauling as you go, so the record book isn't a shoebox of receipts in August. Feed and expense sheet

Show the arithmetic

Keep the original numbers beside the answer.

Record the date and weight, then show the subtraction and division for ADG, feed cost, or break-even. An advisor can check the answer when the starting numbers stay visible.

Questions to take to an advisor

The worksheet can organize the numbers. Local adults and official program sources still answer project, animal-care, and rule questions.

Which official fair or show source contains the current dates and weight rules?
When would another weight be useful for reviewing the project log?
Which expense categories belong in the required beef project record?

Species record sources

CommonCrew Labs checked these Extension sources on July 31, 2026. Your local program may use a different required record.

Virginia Cooperative Extension: 4-H market beef project recordChecked July 31, 2026
Nebraska Extension: Market beef performance measures and valuesChecked July 31, 2026