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Enterprise Costs

Estimated Cost of Hog Production in Illinois, 2000

INVESTMENT COSTS FOR NURSERY AND FINISH FACILITIES
Estimates of building and equipment costs shown in Table 9 are for 1,000 head units.  Buildingand equipment investment values per pig space are benchmarks.  Actual investment figures canvary plus or minus $30 from benchmarks shown based on type of manure storage facilities andventilation systems used.  Depreciation, interest, repair, taxes, and insurance costs are calculatedon a per pig space basis for a year.  These costs are based on percentages of new investmentvalues as indicated in the footnotes to Table 9.  Costs are then stated on a per pig basis.  Thesevalues appear in Table 1 and are calculated by dividing pig space costs by turns per year.  Turnsper year represent the number of groups of hogs run through the facility each year.
Table 9. Estimates of Building and Equipment Costs for Different Hog Finishing Buildings.
                                                                Nursery                   Finish             Wean-to-finish Item                                                      10 to 55 lbs.          55 to 255 lbs.         10 to 255 lbs.
Building investment per pig space
$100 
$140 
 $140  
Equipment investment per pig space
$20
$20
$40
 
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Total investment per pig space
$120 
$160 
$180 
Turns per year
 6.0
 2.8
 2.0
Costs per pig space per year
             -------------------- $ per space ---------------------
   Depreciation (1)
$8.67 
$11.33   
$13.33   
   Interest (2)
4.80
6.40
7.20
   Repairs (3)
1.40
1.80
2.20
   Taxes (4)
1.50
2.10
2.10
   Insurance (5)
0.30
0.40
0.45
 
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Total costs
$16.67   
$22.03  
$25.28  
Costs per pig
 ------------------------ $ per pig ---------------------
   Depreciation (6)
$1.45 
$4.05 
$6.67 
   Interest (6)
0.80
2.29
3.60
   Repairs (6)
0.23
0.64
1.10
   Taxes (6)
0.25
0.75
1.05
   Insurance (6)
0.05
0.14
0.23
 
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Total costs
 $2.78  
$7.87 
$12.65  

(1)  Equals new investment cost divided by years of life (15 for buildings, 10 for equipment).
(2)  Equals one-half the total investment time an 8 percent interest rate.
(3)  Equals building investment times 1 percent plus equipment investment times 2 percent.
(4)  Equals building investment times 1.5 percent.
(5)  Equals total investment times .25 percent.
(6)  Equals costs per space per year divided by turns per year.

  

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