Swine Feeding Projections for December 14, 2020
Posted: December 16, 2020 | Written By: Derek Wulf, Form-A-Feed Nutrition and Production Specialist
Swine Feeding Projections for December 14, 2020
Changes week over week:
- Open-market value of weaned pigs was up $3 this week at $45.81 /head and feeder pigs were up $2 at $55.83 /head.
- Carcass prices for the marketing window of pigs placed this week is $80.13 /cwt with marketing in May and June.
- Open corn price for the feeding period is $4.13/bu.
- SBM price for the week is $372 per ton.
- DDGs price for the feeding period is $217 /ton.
- Open-market weaned pig profitability is showing a loss of $9.76 per head based on purchasing a cash traded weaned pig.
- Feeder pig profitability is showing a loss of $16.86 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 $3.00/bu | Corn $3.25/bu | Corn $3.50/bu | Corn $3.75/bu | Corn $4.00/bu |
| SBM $250/ton | $190 | $195 | $201 | $206 | $211 |
| SBM $275/ton | $200 | $205 | $211 | $216 | $221 |
| SBM $300/ton | $210 | $215 | $221 | $226 | $230 |
| SBM $325/ton | $220 | $225 | $230 | $235 | $240 |
| SBM $350/ton | $230 | $234 | $239 | $244 | $249 |