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Enterprise Costs

Estimated Cost of Hog Production in Illinois, 2000

Table 7. Break-Even Prices for 55 lb. Pigs Given Different Fed Hog and Feed Prices (1).

                    ------------------------------------------------ Price (2) ----------------------------------------
Fed
  Corn:
$2.20   
$2.40   
$2.60   
$2.80   
$3.00   
Hog Price
SBOM:
$140  
$160  
$220  
$260  
$300  
Panel A.  Feed Conversion Rate = 2.8
$30
$28  
$25 
$21 
$17  
$13  
$35
41
38
33
30
26
$40
53
51
46
42
39
$45
66
63
59
55
52
$50
79
76
72
68
64
Panel B.  Feed Conversion Rate = 3.4
$30
$21 
$18  
$12  
$8
$4
$35
34
31
25
21
16
$40
47
44
38
34
29
$45
60
56
51
46
42
$50
72
69
63
59
55

Table 8.  Break-Even Prices for 10 lb. Pigs Given Different Fed Hog and Feed Prices (1).
                            -------------------------------------------- Price (2) -----------------------------------------
Fed
  Corn:
$2.20 
$2.40 
$2.60  
$2.80  
$3.00  
Hog Price
SBOM:
$140
$160
$220 
$260 
$300 
Panel A.  Feed Conversion Rate = 2.6
$30
$11  
$8
$2
-$2  
-$6  
$35
23
20
15
11
  7
$40
36
33
28
24
20
$45
49
46
41
37
33
$50
62
59
53
49
45
Panel B.  Feed Conversion Rate = 3.2
$30
$2
-$2  
-$8 
-$13   
-$18   
$35
15
11
  5
  0
-6
$40
27
24
17
12
  7
$45
40
37
30
25
20
$50
53
49
43
38
33

(1)  Calculated using Table 6.
(2)  See Table 5 for feed costs.

  

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