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Calculate your flour cost

Enter your own delivered prices and usable yield. The calculation includes ingredient cost and your optional milling overhead, and shows when there is no financial break-even.

By John MorrisDocumentation-based guidanceSeptember 16, 2026

How the calculation works

Delivered grain cost is bag price plus its shipping, divided by bag weight. Usable flour cost is delivered grain cost divided by yield as a decimal, plus the overhead you entered. Savings compare that figure with your purchased flour price.

When savings are positive, equipment break-even is additional equipment cost divided by monthly savings. Taxes, labor, electricity, waste and replacement parts are included only to the extent you enter them. Interest, resale value and recipe performance are not modeled.

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