Table 5.

Assumptions used for calculating the economic impact of transport losses in market weight pigs on the US pork industry for the years of 2012 to 2015

Economic assumptions	Values
U.S. market hog statistics
Number of pigs slaughtered*	108,470,550
Average slaughter weight, kg†	127.0
Average live price paid, $/kg†	$1.44
Average market hog value, $/pig‡	$183.03
Price paid for transport losses
Dead pigs, $/pig||	$0.00
Non-ambulatory pigs, $/pig$	$128.12
Lost opportunity on transport losses
Dead pigs, $/pig||,¶	$183.03
Non-ambulatory pigs, $/pig$,¶	$54.91

^*Values obtained from FSIS (2013 to 2016).

^†Values obtained from USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service (2018).

^‡Average pig value = average slaughter weight × average live price paid.

^||Assumes complete loss of value on dead pigs.

^$Assumes non-ambulatory pigs are discounted 30%.

^¶Lost opportunity = average market hog value – price paid for dead or non-ambulatory pigs.