Every dollar that touches an animal ends up on its cost card. Automatically.
Whether you graze your livestock, feed hay, or do both — RanchOS tracks the cost all the way through.
Walk into the sale barn knowing your number.
Every dollar, every hour, every pound — tracked from gate to plate.
The Questions That Matter
Finally, answers to the questions you actually ask
“How much did this animal cost me?”
Every vaccine, every bale, every pasture, every fence — tracked automatically from purchase to sale.
“How much did this bale of hay cost to produce?”
Seed, fertilizer, fuel, equipment time, cutting, baling — every dollar from the field to the stack yard.
“What did it cost to graze that pasture?”
Cost per head based on animal-days — automatically. Moved to the corral? Cost stops. Feeding hay? No double counting.
“Did I make money on that load of calves?”
Sale price minus every cost that touched the animal. Profit or loss per head — no spreadsheet required.
Enter Once, Track Everything
Record it once. RanchOS handles the rest.
No double entry. No copying numbers between apps.
Buy vaccines at Tractor Supply
Inventory updates, books balance, cost allocated to animals — all from one entry.
Sell 50 head at auction
Revenue tracked, costs totaled, profit calculated per head — automatically.
No more copying receipts into QuickBooks. RanchOS is your single source of truth for ranch finances, inventory, and livestock records.
Cost of Production
Three steps. The whole picture.
RanchOS follows every dollar from the day you buy an animal to the day you sell it.
Buy
Purchase cost captured
Buy 20 heifers for $40,000 — each one starts at $2,000 cost basis. Automatically.
Raise
Grazing, feeding, health, and land operations all tracked
Every dollar that touches an animal ends up on its cost card. Automatically.
Sell
Revenue recorded, profit calculated automatically
Sell at auction and instantly see profit or loss per head. Nothing missed.
Every cost follows the chain: purchase → pasture → animal → sale.
Purchase Cost Tracking
Buy a group and the cost splits evenly across every head — each animal carries its cost basis from day one.
Grazing Cost Tracking
Open the gates, we’ll track the cost. Create a grazing period, pick your pastures and animals — cost per head calculated by animal-days.
Land Operations Cost Flow
Plowing, irrigation, fencing, fertilizing — land work costs are allocated to pastures automatically. Equipment maintenance and fuel included.
Feed & Hay Allocation
Purchase hay, feed a pasture, and cost per bale splits across every animal in it. Weighted average pricing — no manual math.
Breeding Cost Inheritance
AI costs, semen purchases, and breeding fees are tracked per event. When a calf is born, it inherits the breeding costs that went into producing it. That number is frozen — it never changes, giving you an honest cost basis for every calf.
Built for Ranchers, Not Accountants
If you can fill out a deposit slip, you can use this
We hid the accounting so you don’t have to think about it. All you see is simple, straightforward ranch finances.
Traditional Accounting Software
- •Set up a chart of accounts before you can do anything
- •“Is this a debit or a credit?” every single time
- •Separate app from your livestock records — double the work
- •No clue what an individual animal actually cost you
RanchOS Bookkeeping
- •Toggle on and start recording — accounts created for you
- •“Money In” or “Money Out” — pick one, you’re done
- •Same app as your livestock, pastures, and inventory
- •Per-animal cost and profit — automatically
No debits or credits
"Money In" and "Money Out" — that's it. Pick what you bought, pick how you paid.
Toggle it on in 30 seconds
Default accounts are seeded automatically. No chart of accounts setup, no accounting degree required.
Works offline
Record purchases, sales, and expenses from your phone in the field. Syncs when you have signal.
Numbers you can trust
Every number is backed by real ranch activity — purchases, feeding, grazing, and health records — so you can trust what you're seeing.
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
See your numbers in minutes — no setup required.
Start free — up to 50 head, full bookkeeping included.