Table 8.

Cost-benefit analyses of weaner diet complexity for light, medium and heavy weight pigs at weaning (all values in Australian dollars).

Item	L1		M1		H1
	HC2	LC2	HC2	LC2	HC2	LC2
Weaner period
Total feed cost, AU$/pig	15.83	13.85	17.13	15.49	19.89	17.23
Live weight gain, kg	17.54	16.88	18.71	19.15	20.58	20.20
Cost/kg gain, AU$/kg	0.90	0.82	0.92	0.81	0.97	0.85
Grower period
Total feed cost, AU$/pig	30.30	29.68	33.15	32.33	33.76	34.57
Live weight gain, kg	38.15	35.75	40.52	38.50	40.08	40.71
Cost/kg gain, AU$/kg	0.79	0.83	0.81	0.84	0.84	0.85
Finisher period
Total feed cost, AU$/pig	30.38	31.50	33.32	30.94	32.76	33.18
Live weight gain, kg	30.00	29.90	32.00	30.70	30.90	30.90
Cost/kg gain, AU$/kg	1.01	1.05	1.04	1.01	1.06	1.07
Total period, weaning to finish
Total feed cost, AU$/kg	76.51	75.04	83.60	78.76	86.40	84.98
Live weight gain, kg	85.69	82.53	91.23	88.35	91.56	91.81
Cost/kg gain, AU$/kg	0.89	0.91	0.92	0.89	0.94	0.93

¹L = low weaning weight (below 6.5 kg); M = medium weaning weight (6.5 to 8.0 kg); H = high weaning weight (above 8.5 kg).

²HC = high complexity; LC = low complexity.