When cattle are moved to a pasture pen, they shouldn't be charged daily yardage. This feature automatically deducts yardage charges for the time cattle spend on pasture.
Go to your Edit Pen screen and check the "On Pasture" checkbox for any pen that represents a pasture. This tells the system that cattle in this pen should not be charged yardage.
When you transfer cattle to a pasture pen, the system will automatically stop charging yardage for those head starting from the transfer date. When you transfer them back out, yardage charges resume from that date onward.
No extra steps are needed — just do your pen transfers as you normally would.
The system calculates the deduction based on two simple rules:
The deduction will be included under Yardage on your invoice.report.
Suppose your lot has a daily yardage of $0.50 and the reporting period is Dec 1 – Dec 31.
| Date | Action | Head |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 11 | Transfer 10 head to Pasture Pen | 10 |
| Dec 20 | Transfer 10 head back from Pasture Pen | 10 |
Deduction from transfer in:Dec 11 to Dec 31 = 21 days × 10 head = 210 head-days → −$105.00
Addition from transfer out:Dec 20 to Dec 31 = 12 days × 10 head = 120 head-days → +$60.00
Net pasture deduction: −$105.00 + $60.00 = −$45.00
This means the 10 head were on pasture for 9 days (Dec 11–19), saving $0.50 × 10 × 9 = $45.00 in yardage — which checks out.
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