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2002 FEEDER PIG PRODUCTION BUDGET
               Pasture System 1
               Sow and 1 Litter
    ITEM         QUANTITY/UNIT       PRICE PER AMOUNT   YOUR
                         UNIT     BUDGET
RECEIPTS 2
Pigs 390 lb $1.00 /lb $390  
Sows 350 lb 0.30 /lb 105  
Non-Breeders 60 lb 0.33 /lb 20  
Boars 35 lb 0.15 /lb 5    
TOTAL RECEIPTS 520  
VARIABLE COSTS
Feed
Corn 51 bu 2.30 /bu 117  
Supplement 520 lb 0.12 /lb 62  
Other Feed Item(s)      
TOTAL FEED COSTS 180  
Vet and Med. 8  
Boar Purchase 0.1 boar 400 /boar 40  
Marketing 3 15  
Power and Fuel 15  
Miscellaneous 11  
Int. on Operating Cap. 4 $127 6 mo 9% 6    
TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS 275  
FIXED COSTS
Interest on Sows 5 $125 9% 11  
Labor Charge 6 hours 8.00 /hr 48  
Equipment Charge 6 $250 17.6% 44  
Buildings Charge 6 $200 14.7% 29  
Land Charge 7 0.5 acre 9% 23  
Management Charge 5% of gross revenue 26    
TOTAL FIXED COSTS 181  
TOTAL COSTS 456  
                       
Feeder Pigs @ $80 $100 $120
RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS 8     141 245 349
RETURN ABOVE TOTAL COSTS 8 (35) 67 163
                       
1. Budget for a gilt farrowing during summer months using portable shelter, shades, and equipment.
2. 9 pigs weaned, 1.2 pigs saved as replacements, 7.8 pigs sold as 50 lb. feeders. 
Open gilts sold as market hogs at 300 lbs., sows sold at 350 lbs., and boar sold at 350 lbs.
3. Includes $1.60/pig sold, $1.50/cwt of cull breeding stock.
4. 50% of all variable costs, except marketing and interest, for 6 months at 9%.
5. Value of sow and non-breeder.
6. Estimated new costs of equipment and buildings per sow and  litter.
7. Pasture valued at $1000/acre, charge 9%, 2 sows/acre
8. All costs except management held constant and total receipts changed same percentage as price.