Is the ranch covering its costs this year?
−$17,160
Money outMoney in$17.2KGAP
Money out has run $17,160 past money in so far this year. The dashed lines are last year to the same day, when the gap was $13,860.
Know which cows are making you money — and which ones aren’t.
Your cattle and your money in one book. On your phone in the pasture, with no signal. Free while it’s in beta.
- Built on a working ranchfrom an Angus operation’s own books
- Works with no signalentries wait and sync on their own
- Every dollar accounted forto an animal, a group, or the herd
- Tax time is one filethe year-end package your CPA opens
Home is the dashboard
Money is on the first screen.
Same book, two shapes — big cards on the phone, a sidebar and a wider Home on a computer.
- Break-even. Cash in against cash out, against this date last year.
- Work queue. What needs you today, sorted by urgency.
- Your ranch, your look. Cedar Draw is an example — your ranch gets its own name, logo and colors.
Charts from the same book
Your numbers, drawn.
These are the app’s own charts, drawn from Cedar Draw’s demo books. Yours draw from what you write down.
Is income ahead of last year?
+$7,390
$61,480JanDec$61,480 in so far this year. The dashed line is all of last year — $94,590 by December.
Where did the cattle go this year?
76 head
70Jan 1+19born+3bought−12sold−2culled−2died76today65% of the year elapsed70 on January 1. 19 born and 3 bought; 12 sold, 2 culled, 2 died.
How did last year’s calves wean?
562 lb
<400avg 562680Calves by adjusted weaning weight: under 400 lb, 2; 400 to 440 lb, 1; 440 to 480 lb, 3; 480 to 520 lb, 5; 520 to 560 lb, 10; 560 to 600 lb, 10; 600 to 640 lb, 6; 640 to 680 lb, 5; 680 to 720 lb, 2.
Weaning weights adjusted to 205 days, 44 calves. The line is the average; 2 came in under 400 lb.
When are the calves coming?
16 due
9/2010/25Calves due by week: week of 9/20, 5; week of 9/27, 4; week of 10/4, 3; week of 10/11, 1; week of 10/18, 1; week of 10/25, 2.
Calves due each week, from the AI dates. First due 9/21; the busiest week starts 9/20.
How long will the feed last?
6 days
6 daysRange cubesreorder by 8/2734 daysCottonseed mealreorder by 9/2459 daysLoose mineralreorder by 10/19Range cubes run out in 6 days at the rate you feed them — the bar turns amber when it is time to order. A full bar is a month or more.
Every head. Every dollar.
Four walks through the book. Daily Work and Breeding are the cattle. Finance and Reports are the money — you enter it, then you see it per head.
Daily Work
You open a card and write the day.
Calving, health, weights, movement, hay, calendar, feed, mileage.
Cedar Draw Cattle
Calving2 calves this week
Health3 head on withdrawal
Breeding
You never type a due date.
You turn cows out or you AI. You preg-check. Projected calving comes from the AI dates and the exposure windows.
Cedar Draw Cattle
- #40709-21
- #10709-22
- #12109-23
Finance
You enter the money. Then you review.
Transactions, feed purchases, income, loans, balances. Then net worth, analysis & planning, scenarios, and the year-end CPA package.
Cedar Draw Cattle
Reports
The money question, answered per head.
Herd inventory, break-even, and cost per animal. Sale prospects, cow board, feed on hand, and feed cost sit with them.
Cedar Draw Cattle
- #318$1,842
- #407$1,691
- #512$1,548
What the spreadsheet makes you rebuild
- Calf on the ground
- The spreadsheetYou write it down later — on a feed-store receipt, if it’s handy
- HerdBasisYou open the card and write it, standing in the pasture
- What a cow costs
- The spreadsheetYou rebuild the formula, and hope last year’s still holds
- HerdBasisAlready on the animal, current as of your last entry
- March feed
- The spreadsheetBuried in last winter’s file
- HerdBasisOn the books the day you wrote it
- No signal in the pasture
- The spreadsheetThe laptop stays at the house
- HerdBasisEntries wait on the phone and sync on their own
- Which cows to cull
- The spreadsheetA gut call and a memory of last spring
- HerdBasisEvery cow against what you cull on, flags on the cow
- The whole year
- The spreadsheetA surprise in December
- HerdBasisBreak-even running month by month, on Home
- Tax time
- The spreadsheetHunt twelve months of sheets
- HerdBasisOne file your CPA opens
| The spreadsheet | HerdBasis | |
|---|---|---|
| Calf on the ground | You write it down later — on a feed-store receipt, if it’s handy | You open the card and write it, standing in the pasture |
| What a cow costs | You rebuild the formula, and hope last year’s still holds | Already on the animal, current as of your last entry |
| March feed | Buried in last winter’s file | On the books the day you wrote it |
| No signal in the pasture | The laptop stays at the house | Entries wait on the phone and sync on their own |
| Which cows to cull | A gut call and a memory of last spring | Every cow against what you cull on, flags on the cow |
| The whole year | A surprise in December | Break-even running month by month, on Home |
| Tax time | Hunt twelve months of sheets | One file your CPA opens |
If the spreadsheet works, keep it. HerdBasis is for the year it doesn’t.
Fair questions
- Does it work with no signal?
- Yes. You write the day on the phone. Entries wait on the phone and sync when you are back.
- Can I bring the ranch I already have?
- Download our workbook, fill it, and drop it back. You see every row before it saves. Nothing writes until you say so.
- Is this a phone app or a computer app?
- Same book. On the phone the work is big cards. On a computer you get a sidebar and a wider Home.
- What does my CPA get?
- A year-end package from the same books. One file they can open. Not a second set of numbers.
- Whose data is it? Can I get it out?
- Yours. Export and backups are in the app. We do not lock you in.
- What does it cost?
- Free while it’s in beta. There is no price on this page because there isn’t one yet.
One cow, one year
Every cow, on one line.
She ate $1,350 of feed and care.
Her calf sold for $2,225.
She made you $875.
Example numbers. HerdBasis uses yours.
The beta is free, and invite-only for now.
Ask for an invite, bring your cattle in, run a season. Beta ranches help set pricing and hear it first.