How do I calculate purchase weights?

* Assuming you have already entered your purchased stock into Stockbook system, entered with their purchase date. 

* Assuming you have weighed the stock you have purchased when they are delivered (or soon after) on farm, via live entry. (This is called the induction weight. It is the first weight collected when an animal enters your property.)

There are 3 ways to enter the induction weights into Stockbook:

1. Automatically entered via Live Entry.
2. Entered manually, or,
3. If you have your induction weights in a csv file, see this link on how to import via a csv file: Import/Export Master CSV file.

 

Option 1. Entering Purchase Weights Manually:

• Click on the Animals icon on toolbar.
  • A dark green background means that you have selected the animal/s. You may select animals in a contiguous group by clicking on the first animal in the group, holding down the Shift key and then clicking on the last animal in the group. Animals are selected for use in events, treatments and any other instance where an operation can be done on more than one animal.
• Click on Events button at bottom of page.

 

• Click on Weighing to select.
• Click on OK button.

 

• Enter in the induction weights for each animal purchased.
• Enter Weighing Date.
• Enter an Obs. Code, or add using the + button.
• Click on the OK button.

 

• Click Yes to Confirm message: 'Are you sure you want to assign weights for displayed animals?'
• Click OK to Information message: ' Event Complete.'

 

Option 2: Calculating Purchase Weights:

Step 1

• From the main animals screen, select the animals you have purchased.
  • Note: A dark green background means that you have selected the animal. You may select animals in a contiguous group by clicking on the first animal in the group, holding down the Shift key and then clicking on the last animal in the group.
  • (You can also selected animals once you are in the 'Purchase Weight Utility' window, by clicking on the Animals Selection button.

 

Step 2

• Click on the Utility > Calculate Purchase Weights menu option.
• Enter the Induction Weights Obs. Code. eg. IND.
• Fields highlighted in aqua are automatically generated.
• Enter in the Total Purchase Weight (in kg). (see agent Tax Invoice.)
• Enter the Purchase Weights Obs. Code. eg. PW.
• Enter the Purchase Date. (see agent Tax Invoice.)
• Click on the Calculate button.

 

• Click Yes to the following message:

 

• Click OK to the Information message: 'Calculation of purchase weights is complete.'

 

Step 3

Set purchase price:

• Return to the main Animals screen.
• Select the animals you have purchased, if they have become de-selected.
• Click on the Utility > Bulk Change > Basic Animal Details menu option.
• Click on either Purchase Price c/kg or Purchase Price $/hd.
• Enter an amount.
• Click on OK button.

 

• Click OK to the following message:

 

• Click Yes to message:

 

• Click OK to Information message: 'Change Completed.'

 

Step 4

Enter QA Details:

• Select the animals you have purchased, if they have become de-selected.
• Click on the Events button down the bottom of the Animals screen.

 

 

• Click on QA Purchase.
• Click on OK button

 

• Fill in all information in the QA Purchase window.
• Click on OK button.

 

• Click Yes to Confirm message: ' Are you sure that you want to add a QA Purchase event to the selected animals?'
• Click OK to Information message: 'Event Complete.'

Step 5

To check to see if this information has been updated, select one of the purchased animals.

• Click on the Edit button.
• Click on the Purchase Details tab.
• Click on the OK button.