| . |
---------------Nursery and Finish------------ |
. |
| . |
Nursery
|
Finish
|
.
|
Wean-to-finish
|
| Item |
10 to 55 lbs.
|
55
to 255 lbs.
|
Total
|
10
to 255 lbs.
|
| Feeder
Pig Cost |
----------------------------------
per pig ----------------------------------
|
|
Feeder Pig |
$30.00
|
$45.00
|
$30.00
|
$30.00
|
|
Death loss (1) |
0.90
|
1.35
|
1.77
|
1.50
|
| |
|
| Total
feeder pig costs |
$30.90
|
$46.35
|
$31.77
|
$31.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Feed
costs (2) |
$12.63
|
$33.66
|
$46.29
|
$46.29
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Operating
costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Utilities, fuel, electricity |
$1.00
|
$0.65
|
$1.65
|
$1.65
|
|
Transportation |
0.50
|
2.00
|
2.50
|
2.00
|
|
Repairs (3) |
0.23
|
0.64
|
0.87
|
1.10
|
|
Veterinary and medicine |
1.25
|
0.75
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
|
Other livestock expense |
0.60
|
0.60
|
1.20
|
1.20
|
|
Insurance and taxes (3) |
0.30
|
0.89
|
1.19
|
1.28
|
| |
|
| Total
operating costs |
$3.88
|
$5.53
|
$9.41
|
$9.23
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Investment
and labor costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation (3) |
$1.45
|
$4.05
|
$5.50
|
$6.67
|
|
Interest on buildings and equipment (3) |
0.80
|
2.29
|
3.09
|
3.60
|
|
Interest on other capital |
0.28
|
0.65
|
0.93
|
0.93
|
|
Labor |
1.60
|
3.20
|
4.80
|
4.30
|
| |
|
| Total
investment and labor costs |
$4.13
|
$10.19
|
$14.32
|
$15.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
costs without feeder pig costs |
$20.64
|
$49.38
|
$70.02
|
$71.02
|
| Total
costs |
$51.54
|
$95.73
|
$101.79
|
$102.52
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Per
Cwt. Costs |
----------------------------- per cwt. sold -------------------------
|
|
Feeder pig |
$68.67
|
$18.54
|
$12.71
|
$12.60
|
|
Feed |
28.07
|
13.46
|
18.52
|
18.52
|
|
Operating |
8.62
|
2.21
|
3.76
|
3.69
|
|
Investment and labor |
0.92
|
4.08
|
5.73
|
6.20
|
| |
|
| Total
costs |
$106.27
|
$38.29
|
$40.72
|
$41.01
|
| |
|
|
| (1)
Death loss equals 3% in nursery, 3% in finishing, and
5% in wean-to-finish. |
| (2)
Rations based on 3.0 feed conversion rate, $2.40 corn
price, and $160 soybean oil meal price. Feed conversion rates
and prices have large impacts on costs. See Table
5 (page 6) for impacts. |
| (3)
See page 9 for facility cost estimates. All costs
based on new facilities with 1,000 head capacity. |
