Stock policy scenarios
Compare store versus finishing, breeding versus trading, and different winter policies with the cash and margin consequences attached.
Aidvisor for Sheep & Beef
Stock policy decisions, costed before you commit
Every trading decision is a bet on schedules, feed and timing. Aidvisor brings your stock reconciliation, pasture position and financials into one view so you can test the bet before you place it.
The questions that matter
The questions behind every stock decision
These are the questions Sheep and beef farmers ask constantly — and that usually take days of spreadsheet work to answer. Aidvisor answers them from your own records, with the sources attached.
- Do we finish the lambs or sell store at the current schedule?
- What is our gross margin per stock unit by class this year?
- How many hoggets can we winter on the current feed position?
- What would a 15% drop in the lamb schedule do to our cash position?
- Is the trading cattle policy actually outperforming the breeding cows?
- Which blocks are returning the least per hectare, and why?
Finish the lambs or sell store in three weeks?
At the current store price you would net $118,400 for 1,480 lambs. Finishing to 18.5 kg takes an estimated 62 days and 41 t DM of feed, returning $164,900 at the forecast schedule — a gain of $46,500 before feed cost of roughly $12,300. The risk is your projected cover falls below 1,150 kg DM/ha in late July.
Illustrative example.
What you get
Built around sheep and beef realities
Stock classes, pasture cover and schedule exposure are modelled together, because a stock policy decision is a feed decision and a cash decision at the same time.
Gross margin by class
Per stock unit and per hectare margins broken out by class, so the underperforming policy is obvious rather than averaged away.
Schedule timing
Test the effect of moving supply earlier or later against forecast schedules and your own feed position.
Block-level returns
See what each block actually returns per hectare, with development spend and stock carried held against it.
Feed & pasture cover
Feed budgets and cover projections modelled alongside the stock they have to carry through winter.
Working capital
Understand the cash cycle of a trading policy — when money goes out, when it comes back and what that does to the overdraft.
Bring what you already have
Start with the documents on your desk
No integration project required. Upload these and start asking questions the same day.
Annual accounts GL export Stock reconciliation Feed budget Killsheets Fertiliser plan Lease agreements
Questions
Sheep & Beef FAQ
Can Aidvisor handle mixed sheep, beef and deer operations?
Yes. Stock classes are configurable, and margins are reported by class so mixed operations can see which enterprise is genuinely carrying the business.
Does it work with leased or runoff blocks?
Yes. Leased country and runoff blocks can be held as separate projects or as blocks within one, with lease costs modelled against the returns those hectares actually produce.
How does it handle schedule volatility?
Schedules are treated as a scenario input rather than a fixed number. You can model a range and see which decisions stay sound across the range and which only work at the top of it.
Do I need to change how I keep records?
No. Aidvisor works from the reconciliations, killsheets and accounts you already produce. If it is a PDF or a spreadsheet, it can generally be ingested.
Test your next stock decision first
Bring a stock reconciliation and a recent set of accounts to a 30-minute walkthrough.