For general managers
Every morning, the whole feedlot is already costed and checked.
Overnight, every head on feed is costed at that day’s prices and about 65 checks run over the feedlot’s records. You start the day knowing what needs you, from the commodity bays to the books.
6:00 am Last night’s checks
Every morning, a list of what isn’t right yet, in dollars.
About 65 checks run over the books each night. Money comes first: cattle still on the books that show signs of having left, cattle in no billing group, and charges in an invoiced period that are on no invoice.
Data integrity
| Problem | What it costs | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Money | $1,268 | |
| 3 head Here on the books, gone from the yard | $1,268 charged | |
| 2 head On feed, billed wrong | 2 head paying nothing | |
| Compliance | 1 load | |
| 1 load Left the yard with no paper | 64 head left 1 load · 24 Sep 2026 | |
| 1 death Deaths not written up | no cause named oldest Tue 6 Oct | |
| Decisions | 1 pen | |
| 1 pen Pens and stock that can't be right | 1 pen over capacity | |
| Tidy | 1,229 head | |
| 1,229 head A field nobody filled | 12% of the yard |
8:30 am Yesterday’s feed cost
Know what yesterday’s feed cost a head, and why it moved.
Every head is costed each night at that day’s ingredient prices. The home page puts yesterday beside the fortnight and says whether price or intake moved it, and each ration shows what a tonne costs today.
MoneyInvoices ›
$47,320feed cost, Thu 8 Oct
$4.62 per head per day · $0.39 per kg
- Per head
- Up from $4.41 on Thu 24 Sep. Price, not intake: price per kg up 5%, kg per head flat.
- Overdue
- Nothing overdue
- Awaiting payment
- $212,480 4 invoices · next due Fri 16 Oct
- In draft
- $96,310 3 invoices · back to Thu 1 Oct. Fortnightly run for 6 groups falls on Fri 16 Oct.
11:00 am Ridgeway’s draft invoice
See the margin on every invoice while it’s still a draft.
Read it by cost type, lot, days on feed or ration, with every price change and what it earns. Set a price and the draft re-prices itself; once the invoice is issued, it doesn’t change.
INV-2026-00418
DraftInvoice Breakdown Performance Animals Margins Audit
Markup earned this invoice
+$3,412.608.8%
Cost $38,779.08 → billed $42,191.68
Where the markup comes from
Feed +$2,967.41
Fees +$230.89
Medication +$214.30
Margin detailAdd override
In effectCost typeLotDays on feedRation
Effective feed margin per ration. The invoice average is 8.8%.
| Ration | Margin | Markup |
|---|---|---|
| Grower v13 320 head | 9.1% | +$1,840.22 |
| Finisher v8 Override 188 head | 7.4% | +$1,127.19 |
2:15 pm Ridgeway opens its invoice
Your owners open their invoice down to one head’s day.
Each owner gets a link behind an emailed code, with their cattle’s performance and none of your costs or margins. You can see when they opened it.
Mulga Ridge Feedlot
Invoice INV-2026-00397
Bill to Ridgeway Cattle Co.
Total due
$43,760.60
incl. $3,978.24 GST
Shared with jo@ridgewaycattle.example Expires 31 Oct 2026
Invoice Breakdown Performance Animals
| Feed 7,224 head-days · from every pen drop | $34,612.80 |
| Fees Yardage, milling and delivery | $4,021.36 |
| Health 61 treatments, each on its day | $1,148.20 |
Working together
What you text each other for is already a screen in PaddockPath.
Each thing is recorded where it happens, so whoever needs it opens it instead of asking for it.
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Priya 6:52 am
“Yesterday’s feed sheets?”Ben can you drop yesterday’s feed sheets in? Need them for Ridgeway’s invoice
Office webMoneyInvoices ›
$47,320feed cost, Thu 8 Oct
$4.62 per head per day · $0.39 per kg
Daily feed cost, last fortnight14 days - Per head
- Up from $4.41 on Thu 24 Sep. Price, not intake: price per kg up 5%, kg per head flat.
- Overdue
- Nothing overdue
- Awaiting payment
- $212,480 4 invoices · next due Fri 16 Oct
- In draft
- $96,310 3 invoices · back to Thu 1 Oct. Fortnightly run for 6 groups falls on Fri 16 Oct.
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Mark 7:15 am
“How many off the truck?”How many came off the Yarran Downs truck?
Office webArrival group 8 Oct 2026 · Yarran Downs124 animals match
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Mark 11:05 am
“Who drenched, which batch?”Vet’s asking who did the drench on Pen 14 and what batch
Your device185 of 2401048 SteerThis session2 of 4 settledCapture Weight 489 kg Crush 1 scaleRecorded 10:42Health Intervention Pour-on drench · 50 mL Given by Alex Price · batch A2417Recorded 10:42Change Stock Class Not savedNowBackgrounder
FeederDays on feed start today BackgrounderNo change Other… -
Ben 2:20 pm
“Can Pen 14 go on the 13th?”Kate can Pen 14 still go on the 13 Nov truck? Some got the pour-on this morning
Office webAttentionYard status report ›
Standing conditions, most urgent first Condition Kind Since Do 1 head under withholding is booked to leave before it clears 0 on a transfer, 1 on an offtake order. Withholding — Dispatches › Barley has 6 days of runway 79,400 kg on hand, 13,200 kg a day. Stock 6 days left Ingredients › -
Mark 3:10 pm
“Has the run finished?”Owner rang. Has the morning run finished?
Office webFeed roundFeed allocation ›
Done 13:41 · 48 of 48 pens · 123.6 t out · 27 up · 17 down
11 mixes · 14 deliveries · 12.1 kg/hd over 10,240 head.
Claude and ChatGPT
Ask your feedlot a question in plain words.
Connect your own AI to your feedlot and ask what you’d ask the office. It answers from your records, charted, and it can only read them, never change them.
FAQ
Questions general managers ask.
What does it cost?
1.5c a head a day, ex GST, for every animal on feed, counted once a day and billed monthly in arrears. Month to month, no minimum, with setup, training and device connections included.
PricingWe’re on another system. What happens to our records and our contract?
We bring your records across as part of setup. If you’re partway through a yearly contract elsewhere, we offset what’s left of it.
PricingWho can see our numbers?
Each feedlot has its own database, hosted in Sydney. Money screens can be set to admins only, and owners see billed figures, never your costs or margins.
SecurityDoes it work with Xero?
Yes. Every invoice goes to Xero as it’s issued, and the payments you match in Xero come back onto the invoice.
Billing & custom feedingCan our owners see how their cattle are going?
Yes. Each owner opens their invoice behind an emailed code, with their cattle’s performance down to one animal, and you can see when they opened it.
Billing & custom feedingAnother question? Email hello@paddockpath.com