The Livestock Trading report shows a summary of livestock movements for a specified financial year. It allows you to track livestock quantities, kilograms of carcass weight (kgCW) grown, value of your livestock (per stock class and totals), total production and production per hectare. The Livestock Trading report is most applicable for businesses that focus on meat production.
Watch this video and read this resource to learn more.
It displays detailed information about the livestock physical performance in your business by using:
Opening and closing stock numbers
These figures are taken from the livestock reconciliation for the year you are viewing.
Opening and closing weights and values for each stock class
These values are taken from information you enter into Settings >Production >Livestock values or Livestock weights. If you are unsure what figures to use read this resource or consult your farm consultant.
Births, deaths & missing
These figures are taken from the data entered in the year you are viewing.
Livestock sales & purchases
This includes the quantity and weight entered in your actuals and planned items.
Hectares
The effective hectares are taken from Settings >Farm Business >Effective farm area, (or can be updated for a specific report by clicking on Adjustments in the top right corner).
Weights
This report displays all weight-related information as carcass weight.
The opening/closing weights are entered in the settings as live weight, and actual and planned items can be recorded as live weight or carcass weight. Any live weights are converted into carcass weight for this report, based on the yield recorded in the farm code settings for each stock class.
If you need to change the yield, read this resource Customise livestock settings
How to use the report?
This section shows the opening and closing totals, and the difference, for quantity, carcass weight and value. The level of detail can be collapsed or expanded.
This section shows the sales and purchases. Again the level of detail can be adjusted from totals, down to the individual transactions. It shows the quantity, kilograms of carcass weight (kgCW) and value. If there is a negative value displayed this indicates that you have sold more than you have purchased.
This section shows the total production of kilograms of carcass weight and value, per hectare. This calculation considers the change in opening and closing numbers, therefore including non-financial events. Production is calculated by taking Opening - Closing + Sales - Purchases. Scroll to the bottom of the report for the total farm production per hectare, combining sheep and beef.
This section is a summary of the stock reconciliation.
This report can be used to compare your performance year on year, set targets, explore draft scenarios and compare your production to similar farms using industry benchmarking data.
This reports displays data for a full financial year, including all livestock events that have occured in that financial year (regardless of payment date). For example, if stock was sold on the 30 June 2023 (the 2023/24 financial year) and the payment received in July (the 2024/25 financial year), the event will be included in the 2023/24 financial year report.
How to create this report?
Go to Reports >Livestock Trading
Select the data source.
If you select Actuals + Plan, you must select the revision month.
If you select Actuals then only actual data will be shown.
If you select Plan, you must select the year and the plan.
View Options
Filter: Use the Filter icon in the top right-hand corner to filter by category (Sheep or Beef) or Tag.
View. Use the View icon in the top right-hand corner to update the effective hectares for the report. If you use Management tags and have filtered for a tag, remember to update the effective hectares for each farm block to correctly report on production per hectare.
Click here to learn more about your options for amending your Effective Hectares.
