Author Topic: Cost of keeping pigs (Read 2930 times)

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

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

Bodger · « **Reply #1 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.

P6te · « **Reply #2 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) 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

Hassle · « **Reply #3 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

HappyHippy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2013, 03:08:03 pm »

I think this is why I have less 'big' pigs and more Kunekunes this year

hughesy · « **Reply #5 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.

rispainfarm · « **Reply #6 on:** April 29, 2013, 04:49:31 pm »

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

Bodger · « **Reply #7 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.

ScotsGirl · « **Reply #8 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.