--- title: "Know Your Closeout Before It Happens: Meet the Closeout Predictor" description: Discover how the Closeout Predictor in FLS Cloud enables real-time profit projections for cattle, improving decision-making and reducing surprises at settlement. image: https://feedlotsolutions.com/hubfs/logo_full.png --- [![logo](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo.png?width=120&height=55&name=logo.png "logo")](https://feedlotsolutions.com/) [![Feedlot Solutions](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo_only_600x330.png?width=600&height=330&name=logo_only_600x330.png "Feedlot Solutions")](https://feedlotsolutions.com) Search Search - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - [FLS Cloud](https://feedlotsolutions.com) - [Pricing](https://feedlotsolutions.com/pricing) - [Contact Us](https://feedlotsolutions.com/contact-us) - [Blog](https://feedlotsolutions.com/blog) - [Remote Support](https://feedlotsolutions.com/remote) - [Login](https://cloud.feedlotsolutions.com) # Know Your Closeout Before It Happens: Meet the Closeout Predictor May 26, 2026 - [![Feedlot Solutions](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cowboy-at-river.jpg?width=1024&height=459&name=cowboy-at-river.jpg)](https://feedlotsolutions.com/) ## Will This Lot Make Money? Find Out Today. You don't have to wait until shipment to know how a lot is going to close out. The new **Closeout Predictor** in FLS Cloud takes the real data you've already entered — purchase cost, days on feed, feed cost to date, current weight, expenses, deaths — and projects it forward to ship day. You see profit, breakeven, and margin before a single head leaves the yard. If you've used the **Breakeven Calculator**, the Closeout Predictor is its sister screen. The Breakeven Calculator is for cattle you haven't bought yet. The Closeout Predictor is for cattle already on feed. ## Where To Find It From the main menu go to Finance** → Closeout Predictor**, or open it from your menu shortcuts. ![](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-26-2026-04-51-03-3211-AM.png?width=622&height=316&name=image-png-May-26-2026-04-51-03-3211-AM.png) ## How It Works 1. **Pick a lot.** The Lot dropdown shows every active lot with its current head count. 2. **Adjust the projection inputs.** Five fields control the forecast: - **Projected Sale/CWT** — defaults to the lot's most recent sale price - **Interest Rate** - **End Date** — defaults to the lot's estimated earliest finish date - **Avg. Gross Sale Wt.** and **Avg. Net Sale Wt.** — default to the current average weight 3. **Click Preview.** The right side fills in. That's it. No setup, no templates, no spreadsheets. ![](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-26-2026-04-52-49-3322-AM.png?width=758&height=272&name=image-png-May-26-2026-04-52-49-3322-AM.png) ## What You See On The Right Four headline tiles sit across the top, color-coded so you know at a glance where the lot stands: - **Profit** - **Profit per Head** - **Breakeven/CWT** - **Margin/CWT** (your sale price minus breakeven) Below the tiles is the full **Prospective Close Out** detail panel — the same numbers as the Telerik report, on one scrollable page: Move-Ins, Projected Move-Outs, Head Days & Gain, Deaths, Feed, Cattle Cost / Sales, and a full **Expense Breakdown** (feed, yardage, salt, bedding, processing, transportation, medical, misc, and interest). ![](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-26-2026-04-54-44-2729-AM.png?width=767&height=778&name=image-png-May-26-2026-04-54-44-2729-AM.png) ## What You See On The Left Right under your inputs is the **Lot Inventory History** panel — the lot's full story without leaving the screen: - Animal type, head in, head in yard, avg head days, shipped, death loss - **Locations** (which pens currently hold the lot) - **Lot Owners** - **Move-Ins**, **Move-Outs (Shipped)**, **Move-Outs (Deaths)**, **Move-Outs (Culled)** - **Lot Feed Summary** No more bouncing between screens to remember what's already happened on a pen. ![](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-26-2026-04-55-45-8146-AM.png?width=759&height=893&name=image-png-May-26-2026-04-55-45-8146-AM.png) ## Make Changes Without Leaving The Screen The action buttons under the inputs let you act on the selected lot right then and there: - **Add Lot** - **Move-In** - **Move-Out** - **Pen Transfer** - **Add Expense** - **Add Feed** Each one opens the standard FLS Cloud form in a pop-up window, pre-scoped to the lot you've already selected. Save it, close it, and you're back on the predictor. ![](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-26-2026-04-56-10-7598-AM.png?width=706&height=83&name=image-png-May-26-2026-04-56-10-7598-AM.png) ## Preview Is The Only Refresh Closeouts are heavy calculations. To keep the screen fast, the Closeout Predictor only recalculates when you click **Preview**. Change the End Date, change the Sale/CWT, add a Move-Out — nothing recalculates until you ask for it. That means you can stage a "what-if" scenario in three or four edits and see the result in one shot, instead of waiting through a recalc on every keystroke. ![](https://feedlotsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-26-2026-04-57-53-1860-AM.png?width=752&height=273&name=image-png-May-26-2026-04-57-53-1860-AM.png) ## A Few Things To Try - **Test a sale price.** Type a different Projected Sale/CWT and hit Preview to see how profit per head moves. - **Push the End Date out.** See what another two weeks on feed does to breakeven. - **Add a what-if expense.** Use **Add Expense** to model a treatment cost or a transport bill, click Preview, and see the margin shift. - **Print the report.** Click **Report → Prospective Close Out** or **Lot Inventory History** to open the full Telerik report in a new tab. ## Why It Helps Closeout projections used to mean a phone call to the office, a report request, and a wait. Now your yard manager can pull a live projection on any lot in under a minute — and run a half-dozen what-ifs before lunch. Better pricing decisions, earlier ship calls, fewer surprises at settlement. Already on FLS Cloud? Open **Finance → Closeout Predictor** and try it on your highest-margin lot.       Not using FLS Cloud yet? Feedlot Solutions provides the most comprehensive, cloud-based management software for the modern beef producer. 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