Feed mill planning tool
Feed TCO & Supplier Comparison Calculator
Compare two feed suppliers on total cost, not price per tonne: freight, storage, losses, payment terms and feed conversion, from your own offers.
How do commercial farms compare two feed suppliers?
Compare cost per unit of output, not price per tonne. Add freight and storage to each offer, divide by the share not lost to spillage, spoilage or shrink, subtract the financing value of longer payment terms, then multiply by the feed conversion ratio you expect from each feed. The lower result is the cheaper supplier, even if its price per tonne is higher.
Reviewed October 2026. Planning estimate — not a quotation.
Run the numbers
Result
- Lower cost per unit of output
- Supplier A
- Annual difference
- USD 184,134
- A — effective cost per usable tonne
- USD 441.7/t
- B — effective cost per usable tonne
- USD 446.2/t
- A — feed cost per tonne of output
- USD 706.7
- B — feed cost per tonne of output
- USD 736.2
- Source
- Calculated from the values you entered — no external price, nutrient or supplier database is used.
- Date
- Calculator reviewed October 2026; result calculated now from your inputs
- Currency
- USD — money figures are in US dollars as entered
- Reliability
- Preliminary planning estimate — not a quotation, not a guarantee.
Your inputs travel with the request so you never retype them. Nothing is sent until you review and submit the RFQ yourself.
Compare up to four supplier offers at a glance
Enter each offer exactly as quoted: feed mix, price, freight, payment terms and the feed efficiency you expect from your own records. The table shows landed cost and cost per tonne of output side by side. No prices or nutrient values are pre-filled.
| Offer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Feed mix / composition | ||
| Crude protein (%) | ||
| Energy (as declared) (MJ/kg) | ||
| Price (USD/t) | ||
| Freight to your site (USD/t) | ||
| Payment terms (days) | ||
| Losses (spillage, shrink) (%) | ||
| Feed efficiency (FCR) (kg feed / kg output) | ||
| Landed cost | — | — |
| Value of payment terms | — | — |
| Effective cost per usable tonne | — | — |
| Feed cost per tonne of output | Enter price and FCR | Enter price and FCR |
- Source
- Calculated from the values you entered — no external price, nutrient or supplier database is used.
- Date
- Calculated now from the offers you entered
- Currency
- USD — enter every offer in US dollars
- Reliability
- Preliminary planning estimate — not a quotation, not a guarantee.
All figures come from your inputs; results are preliminary. Protein and energy are shown for side-by-side reading only and are not scored — whether a mix suits your animals needs review by a qualified nutritionist. FCR should come from your own trials or records, not supplier marketing claims.
Step 6
Track results after delivery
Compare what was agreed with what was delivered. Use one currency throughout. Saved only in this browser.
Not enough information to calculate safely. Enter the agreed and actual price per tonne.
Status: preliminary, buyer-entered. FCR depends on animals, health and management, not only feed — review with a qualified nutritionist before drawing conclusions about a supplier.
Source: the agreed and actual figures you entered · Date: calculated now · Currency: as entered (use one currency throughout) · Reliability: preliminary comparison, not an audit.
What this tool calculates
- Builds an effective cost per usable tonne for each supplier.
- Credits longer payment terms at your cost of finance.
- Adjusts for expected FCR to give cost per unit of output and the annual difference.
What it cannot do
- It does not verify supplier claims, certifications or FCR — performance must come from your own trials or records.
- It holds no prices or freight rates.
Who this is for
- Commercial farms and integrators comparing feed offers
- Procurement teams preparing a supplier decision
Input definitions
- A — price (USD/t)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 420 USD/t.
- A — freight (USD/t)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 15 USD/t.
- A — losses (spillage, shrink, rejects) (%)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 1 %.
- A — payment terms (days)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 30 days.
- A — expected FCR
- From your own trials or records.
- B — price (USD/t)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 405 USD/t.
- B — freight (USD/t)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 25 USD/t.
- B — losses (%)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 2.5 %.
- B — payment terms (days)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 0 days.
- B — expected FCR
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 1.65.
- Storage & handling (both) (USD/t)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 5 USD/t.
- Your cost of finance (%/yr)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 8 %/yr.
- Annual feed volume (supplier A basis) (t/yr)
- Entered by you. Default used for the worked example: 10000 t/yr.
Methodology
Delivered = price + freight + storage. Per usable tonne = delivered ÷ (1 − loss %). Credit = price × finance rate × payment days ÷ 365. TCO = per usable tonne − credit. Cost per output = TCO × FCR. Annual difference = (TCO B × FCR B − TCO A × FCR A) × (annual tonnes of A ÷ FCR A).
Assumptions
- Annual tonnes refers to supplier A; output volume is held constant.
- FCR is kg feed per kg output under your conditions.
Worked example — illustrative inputs
Inputs
- A: 420 USD/t, freight 15, loss 1%, 30 days, FCR 1.60
- B: 405 USD/t, freight 25, loss 2.5%, 0 days, FCR 1.65; storage 5 USD/t, finance 8%, 10,000 t/yr
Outputs
- A cheaper per unit of output despite a higher price per tonne
How to read it. The lower headline price lost on freight, losses, payment terms and conversion. Use your own figures.
Limitations
- Quality variation, supply reliability and certification are not priced; weigh them separately in a scorecard.
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.
Sources and data
- Inputs: every number comes from what you enter. Default values are illustrative only, not market data.
- Method: the arithmetic described under "Methodology" above, applied to your inputs. No external price, nutrient or supplier database is used.
- Last reviewed: October 2026, by FeedMatch Group.
What can change the result?
- · Animal numbers and cycle length
- · Intake curve and stage split
- · Mortality, waste and shrinkage allowance
- · Feed price per tonne
- · Season, climate and management effects
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.
Frequently asked questions
What is feed total cost of ownership?
Why include FCR?
Where should FCR figures come from?
What about quality and reliability?
Equipment and market context
Turn the result into comparable quotations
FeedMatch Group is a supplier-neutral B2B procurement platform. Describe the requirement once and we qualify relevant manufacturers and suppliers, normalise offers to the same battery limits and guarantees, and return a like-for-like comparison. FeedMatch does not manufacture feed or feed-mill machinery.