Feed mill planning tool
Broiler Farm Profit Calculator (per batch, any flock size)
Work out indicative profit per batch and per bird for a broiler flock — 1,000 chickens or 100,000 — from chick cost, FCR, feed price, mortality, live weight and sale price.
How much profit does a 1,000-chicken broiler batch make?
Take the birds placed, subtract mortality to get birds sold, multiply by live weight and sale price per kg for revenue. Then cost the batch: chicks, feed (birds sold × live weight × FCR × feed price, plus feed eaten by birds that died), plus medication, brooding energy, litter, labour and overhead. Profit is revenue minus that total, and the two figures that move it most are feed conversion ratio and feed price — feed is normally 60–70% of a broiler batch cost. Enter your own numbers below; nothing here is a benchmark or a promised return.
Reviewed September 2026. Planning estimate — not a quotation.
Run the numbers
Result
- Profit per batch
- USD 199
- Profit per bird sold
- USD 0.21
- Profit per kg live weight
- USD 0.10
- Break-even sale price
- USD 1.45/kg
- Feed required
- 3.54 t
- Indicative annual profit
- USD 995
950 birds sold, 2,090 kg live weight
Feed is 60.5% of batch cost
5 batches per year at these inputs
Batch cost breakdown
| Cost line | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feed | USD 1,840 | 60.5% |
| Day-old chicks | USD 650 | 21.4% |
| Other operating cost | USD 550 | 18.1% |
| Total batch cost | USD 3,040 | 100% |
| Revenue | USD 3,240 | — |
Your inputs travel with the request so you never retype them. Nothing is sent until you review and submit the RFQ yourself.
What this tool calculates
- Converts birds placed and mortality into birds sold and live-weight output.
- Calculates feed tonnage from FCR, live weight and mortality feed losses.
- Splits the batch cost into chicks, feed and all other costs.
- Shows profit per batch, per bird and per kg of live weight.
- Shows the break-even sale price and annualised profit at your cycles per year.
What it cannot do
- It is not a price source: chick, feed and sale prices must be your own quoted or local figures.
- It does not model contract-grower fee structures, subsidies, tax or finance costs.
- It does not predict FCR, mortality or growth — those are your performance assumptions.
- It is not a guarantee of profit, and no result here is an offer or a projection by FeedMatch.
Who this is for
- Small and mid-size broiler growers pricing a batch before placing chicks
- New entrants sizing a 1,000–10,000 bird starter house
- Integrators and contract growers checking margin at a given feed price
- Buyers deciding whether to buy compound feed or mill their own
Input definitions
- Chicks placed (birds)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 1000 birds.
- Mortality (%)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 5 %.
- Average live weight at sale (kg)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 2.2 kg.
- Feed conversion ratio (FCR) (kg feed/kg gain)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 1.65 kg feed/kg gain.
- Batches per year (cycles)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 5 cycles.
- Day-old chick price (USD/chick)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 0.65 USD/chick.
- Delivered feed price (USD/t)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 520 USD/t.
- Other cost per bird (USD/bird)
- Medication, brooding fuel, litter, labour, power, overhead.
- Sale price, live weight (USD/kg)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 1.55 USD/kg.
Methodology
Birds sold = birds placed × (1 − mortality%). Live weight sold = birds sold × live weight. Revenue = live weight sold × sale price/kg. Feed for sold birds = live weight sold × FCR. Feed lost to mortality is approximated as birds died × live weight × FCR × 0.5 (deaths spread across the cycle). Feed cost = total feed tonnage × feed price/t. Chick cost = birds placed × chick price. Other cost = birds placed × other cost per bird. Profit = revenue − (chicks + feed + other). Break-even price = total cost ÷ live weight sold.
Assumptions
- Mortality is spread evenly through the cycle, so dead birds are charged roughly half a full bird's feed.
- One average live weight and one average FCR apply to the whole flock.
- Feed price is the delivered price per tonne of finished feed, not ex-works.
- Medication, brooding fuel, litter, labour, electricity and overhead are entered as one per-bird figure.
- Housing capital and land are excluded; this is a batch operating model.
Worked example — 1,000 broilers, 2.2 kg live weight
Inputs
- 1,000 chicks at USD 0.65, mortality 5%, FCR 1.65
- Live weight 2.2 kg, feed USD 520/t delivered
- Other costs USD 0.55/bird, sale price USD 1.55/kg live
Outputs
- 950 birds sold, about 2,090 kg live weight, revenue about USD 3,240
- Feed about 3.54 t, feed cost about USD 1,840; chicks USD 650; other USD 550
- Profit about USD 200 per batch, roughly USD 0.21 per bird; break-even about USD 1.45/kg
How to read it. At these inputs the batch is thin: a 10-cent fall in live price or a 0.1 rise in FCR erases it. That is the normal reality of small broiler batches, and it is why feed price per tonne and feed conversion are the two variables worth negotiating hardest.
Limitations
- FCR and mortality dominate the result — a 0.1 change in FCR usually moves margin more than a small feed discount.
- Local sale prices for live birds move seasonally; run a low, mid and high price scenario rather than one number.
- Output is indicative planning arithmetic for discussion with suppliers and lenders, not an audited budget.
All figures are indicative planning estimates for budgeting and supplier discussion. They are not quotations, guarantees or professional engineering, nutritional, legal or financial advice. Have results reviewed by the responsible professionals before you commit capital.
What can change the result?
- · Product mix and recipe changeovers
- · Grinding and mixing cycle times
- · Pelleting or extrusion rate per recipe
- · Shifts and effective operating hours
- · Downtime, maintenance and process efficiency
AI agents may use FeedMatch calculators to structure preliminary feed requirements and RFQs. Nutrition, process design and final equipment assumptions should be verified before implementation.
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