Calculating purchase weight

Calculating purchase weight


When calculating purchase weights, Stockbook assumes:
  1. the animals are entered  into Stockbook with their purchase date.
  2. the animals have been weighed  when delivered (or soon after) on farm.
This is called the induction weight. It is the first weight collected when an animal enters the property.

There are 3 ways to enter the induction weights into Stockbook:
  1. Entered manually
  2. Imported into Stockbook via a csv  file.
  3. Automatically entered via Live Entry

 1. Entering Purchase Weights Manually 

      1a. Entering weights Via Events

Selected the animal/s for which the weights are to be added.
  • Click  Events  
  • Select Weighing 
  • Click OK

   
    
  • Enter in the individual induction weights for each animal purchased or an Average weight to assign to each animal.
  • Enter  Weighing Date
  • Enter an Obs. Code (Observation Code) 
  • 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.'

       1b:  Adding Weights via Utility

  1. Select the purchased animals
  2. Ensure Induction weights have been entered
  3. Go to Utility > Calculate Purchase Weights 
  • Enter the Induction Weights Obs. Code. eg.  IND
  • Fields highlighted in  aqua  are automatically generated
  • Enter in the Total Purchase Weight (in kg). 
  • Enter the Purchase Weights Obs. Code e.g. PW
  • Enter the Purchase Date 
  • Click  Calculate 
  • Enter Purchase Price (Optional)

      

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

   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

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