2003 Southwest Virginia Lamb Symposium Senior Team Problem s2

2003 Southwest Virginia Lamb Symposium Senior Team Problem s2

<p>Team Name Team Number </p><p>2013 Block and Bridle Stockmens Contest – Senior Team Problem</p><p>You have purchased a group of 10 feeder pigs (average wt=50lbs) at $1.00/lb. Your plans are to feed the pigs for 100 days and sell them at 240 lbs for freezer pork.</p><p>1. The expected daily gain for the group of pigs is? lb/d 2decimals</p><p>2. If the expected feed/gain efficiency is 3.5, what is the expected total feed consumption for the group? lbs</p><p>3. If feed cost is $380/ton, what is the estimated total group feed cost? $</p><p>4. What is the feed cost of gain? $/lb, 2 decimals</p><p>5. If you considering a premix to add to you feed and the inclusion rate is 5%, how much of the premix would you need? Lbs, </p><p>6. If the premix was packaged in 50lb bags costing $20/bag, what is your total premix cost? $, 2 decimals</p><p>7. What is breakeven price ($/cwt) you would have to receive to cover your investment in pigs and feed? $ /cwt, 2 decimals</p><p>8. If your customers preferred to purchase pigs on a carcass price basis, what would be an equivalent carcass price? Assume your pigs will dress 72% $ /cwt, 2 decimals</p><p>9. Based on a $1.25/lb carcass price, your projected net return above pig and feed costs should be ______for the pen of pigs. $ 2 decimals</p><p>10. If miscellaneous costs were an additional $10/pig and you estimated that you spent 30 minutes per day on your pig project, what was your return to your labor? (express on an hourly basis) $/hr, 2 Decimals</p>

View Full Text

Details

  • File Type
    pdf
  • Upload Time
    -
  • Content Languages
    English
  • Upload User
    Anonymous/Not logged-in
  • File Pages
    1 Page
  • File Size
    -

Download

Channel Download Status
Express Download Enable

Copyright

We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all users. All uploaded documents are either original works of the uploader or authorized works of the rightful owners.

  • Not to be reproduced or distributed without explicit permission.
  • Not used for commercial purposes outside of approved use cases.
  • Not used to infringe on the rights of the original creators.
  • If you believe any content infringes your copyright, please contact us immediately.

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us