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

Table 9.

Sensitivity of loss/pig marketed to alternative commodity prices (sensitivity analysis) due to an increasing HC, assuming all pigs sold using a fixed-time model, 133 d

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 11.12 11.07 11.02
Baseline3 12.66 12.61 12.56
20% price decline 14.20 14.08 14.10
LCh to HCh 20% price increase 20.71 21.13 21.55
Baseline3 24.85 25.27 25.69
20% price decline 28.98 29.33 29.82
MCh to HCh 20% price increase 9.59 10.06 10.53
Baseline3 12.19 12.66 13.13
20% price decline 14.78 15.25 15.72

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.