You buy weaned beef-breed calves (~6 months, ~250 kg), graze & finish them on pasture, and sell as premium direct subscription boxes near Stockholm. No breeding herd. Steady-state (year 2+), owner-operator basis, SEK ex-VAT. Adjust anything — it recalculates live.
The model's inputs that most need a real quote before the plan is used for anything.
| Question | Why it matters | Where the answer comes from |
|---|---|---|
| What is the current calf price, and can it be contracted?Blocking | At 8,000 SEK it is the single largest cost and the most volatile input, and it sits below a five-year-old published figure for the same animal. | Two or three suckler herds; agree a price or a formula rather than buying at spot. |
| What classification will your animals actually achieve, and what does that pay?Blocking | Jordbruksverket reports an average of 94.16 SEK/kg for R3 in week 25 of 2026, 39% up on the year; this model uses a normalised 85. Class, fat group and weight band move the achieved price by several kronor either way. The abattoir price is the floor under every animal the subscription cannot absorb, and it is much lower than this plan long assumed. | The weekly notering from Scan, KLS Ugglarps and HKScan, plus the abattoir's view of what your breed and system typically grade. |
| Is the feed line realistic if forage has to be bought in?Important | The 7,000 SEK feed figure is fully consumed by winter forage alone at 2025 bought-in prices, so the model implicitly assumes you grow your own. | Contractor quotes for cutting and wrapping, against bought-in bale prices — the water & feed page sets out both. |
| Does 15 months of ownership hold for a grass-finished animal?Important | Published growth curves for beef-breed bulls assume 1,400–1,600 g/day on concentrates. At 650–950 g/day on grass, the animal is owned longer, which raises the number carried and the land needed. | An adviser, and your own weights after the first cohort. |
Model basis. Weaned beef-breed calf ~250 kg bought at ~6 months, finished on grass to ~18–22 months / ~320 kg carcass, ~70% meat yield → ~224 kg saleable. Blended box price on meat weight; remainder to abattoir at ~85 SEK/kg, a normalised base against Jordbruksverket's reported average of 94.16 SEK/kg for a young bull R3 in week 25 of 2026. Costs per the fully-loaded unit economics (calf, feed, health, land, slaughter+transport, cutting+packaging, delivery+marketing, overhead+finance). Subsidies: Swedish 2025–26 rates on leased land + nötkreatursstöd (partial-year, animals >1 yr). The feed line assumes you grow your winter forage: the water & feed page shows that buying it in at 2025 prices would consume the whole 7,000 SEK by itself. Working capital = value of animals on farm (you carry ~1.25 years of stock). Owner-operator: your labour funds your income unless "charge your own labour" is on. Year 1 is a partial build year (first calves not yet sold). Planning estimates, not financial advice.