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. 2018 Feb 23;2(1):50–61. doi: 10.1093/tas/txx005

Table 7.

Sensitivity of loss/pig marketed to alternative commodity prices (sensitivity analysis) due to an increasing HC, assuming all pigs sold using a fixed-weight model, 130 kg

Feed costs1
Change in HC Feeder pig, primary and secondary market pig prices1 20% price increase Baseline2 20% price decline
LCh to MCh 20% price increase 10.44 9.62 8.79
Baseline3 10.29 9.47 8.64
20% price decline 10.14 9.32 8.49
LCh to HCh 20% price increase 21.96 21.20 20.44
Baseline3 24.03 23.27 22.51
20% price decline 26.10 25.34 24.58
MCh to HCh 20% price increase 11.52 11.59 11.65
Baseline3 13.74 13.81 13.87
20% price decline 15.96 16.02 16.09

1All currency in USD.

2Baseline price for feed costs $201.67/t.

3Baseline price for feeder pigs $41.63/pig, primary market pigs $1.48/kg carcass weight and secondary market pigs $73.29/pig.