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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Hassle on April 18, 2013, 12:59:16 pm

Title: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: Hassle on April 18, 2013, 12:59:16 pm

Ok let me start off with there is no right or wrong on this... and opinions are like, what was it?, well everyone has one put it like that  :eyelashes:

So cost of selling pigs

I've worked out roughly using feed prices just posted at £8.87 per pig per week

Therefore:

a weener at 8 weeks would be £54
a fattener at 26 weeks would be £230

what does everyone think seeing it in cold hard cash? the above doesn't include BPA registration of pedigree

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: Bodger on April 18, 2013, 01:45:33 pm

At a god awful time on Sunday morning, I was making my way across the Welsh countryside to fetch a pig and I was listening to Radio 4. There was farming programme on and they were talking about pigs. One of their visits was to a big agricultural college, where they ran a 250 sow unit. They reckoned to produce 6000 pigs per annum. It cost them just over £100 per pig to take upto finishing weight and they were making around 10 to 15 pounds per pig.

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: P6te on April 18, 2013, 01:48:07 pm

Hi Hassle,

I'm not sure of your figures, are you saying the price of a £54 for an 8 weeks old weaner and then £230 in feed to get upto 26 weeks of age?

By my (calculators (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/pigs/pig-calculator/)) reckoning with a feed price of £8.10p for 25kgs it would cost £73 in feed making a total of £127

Obviously there are other costs to add on (transport, slaughter, butchery etc) but is that what you were basing your calculations on?

Pete

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: Hassle on April 18, 2013, 01:57:18 pm

Yes i used your calculator I think it used to be about 6 pound per pig per week about 5 years ago all inclusive when feed was a lot less so I bumped up feed price to today's cost

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: HappyHippy on April 18, 2013, 03:08:03 pm

I think this is why I have less 'big' pigs and more Kunekunes this year  ;) :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: hughesy on April 18, 2013, 04:52:24 pm

I work on about 100 quid to get a pig from birth to slaughter weight. Then add on abatoir cost etc.

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: rispainfarm on April 29, 2013, 04:49:31 pm

I work on around £76 per pig to get up to around 26 weeks.

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: Bodger on April 29, 2013, 05:14:31 pm

Just to put a downer on things, I was reliably informed that last week porkers were fetching only slightly over £50 each at Ruthin Market.

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: ScotsGirl on April 29, 2013, 07:15:02 pm

Well we brought on 3 OSB to 8 months and sold 2 out of 3 for just over £700 which cleared the cost of all 3 including some of fencing and we had third for free. I'd say worth doing if you can get private sale of meat.

Title: Re: Cost of keeping pigs
Post by: ScotsGirl on April 29, 2013, 07:16:04 pm

...to clarify it cost approx £180 per pig inc cost of weaner, feed, bedding and odds and sods.