Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (WACSO) Posted by Bill Campbell III, CFA on September 24, 2013. One key to computing earnings per share (EPS) is computing the number of shares of common stock to use in the denominator; we call this number the weighted average common shares outstanding (WACSO). There are two ways to calculate WACSO; weâll cover both.
Types of Cattle Operations California ranches consist of one or more of four types of operations: cow-calf, seed stock, stocker, and feedlot. A cow-calf operation maintains a breeding herd of cows, replacement heifers (young females) and bulls.
Raising livestock or produce focuses on yield. Mono planting (one type of crop) and warehousing large numbers of cash animals, such as beef and chickens in smaller confined areas, has economic advantages for the farmer and, in turn, brings better prices to the consumer.