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.
Beef Production Expenses. Operations classified as primarily beef cattle farms and ranches* spent. $54.8 billion to produce beef cattle during 2007, an increase of $12.6. billion, or 30 percent, from 2002. The five largest expense items for cattle. producers were purchases of livestock, feed, supplies/repairs, labor, and.