Swine Feeding Projections for August 31, 2020
Posted: August 31, 2020 | Written By: Derek Wulf, Form-A-Feed Nutrition and Production Specialist
Swine Feeding Projections for August 31, 2020
Changes week over week:
- Open-market value of weaned pigs was higher $4 this week at $18.57 /head and feeder pigs were up $3 to $61.60 /head.
- Carcass prices for the marketing window of pigs placed this week is $64.58 /cwt with marketing in January and February.
- Open corn price for the feeding period is $3.32 /bu.
- SBM price for the week is $298 per ton.
- DDGs price for the feeding period is $138 /ton.
- Open-market weaned pig profitability is showing a profit of $2.07 per head based on purchasing a cash traded weaned pig.
- Feeder pig profitability is showing a profit of $5.95 per head based on purchasing a cash traded feeder pig.
Below is the DDG’s breakeven chart. It can be utilized to reference current corn and soybean meal prices as a quick evaluation to the value of DDG’s inclusion in these volatile market conditions.
| Price | Corn $2.50/bu | Corn $2.75/bu | Corn $3.00/bu | Corn $3.25/bu | Corn $3.50/bu |
| SBM $250/ton | $159 | $164 | $170 | $175 | $181 |
| SBM $275/ton | $169 | $174 | $180 | $185 | $191 |
| SBM $300/ton | $179 | $184 | $190 | $195 | $201 |
| SBM $325/ton | $189 | $194 | $200 | $205 | $211 |
| SBM $350/ton | $199 | $204 | $210 | $215 | $221 |