how much food will a feeder pig eat.

CountryFried

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According to Storey, page 81 in the 2009, from 40lbs to slaughter weight, a pig will eat 650-750lbs commercial feed. I pay $8.75 per 50lb bag (no tax), so that's $113.75-$131.25 each, plus however much it takes to get them to 40lbs. I can save 10 a bag if I buy it 500lbs at a time. (I live in AL, but buy my feed in FL. I usually take my van to FL, or my mom comes up, neither of us can haul 500lbs at a time, so I'm stuck at 8.75 a bag until I need to take my truck down.)
 

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Ive got a feed source lined up. $16 per 100 lbs, So say the pig eats between 600 & 700 lbs of feed thats . Thats $90 to $120 per pig. I can live with that.. I would imagine they will get some scraps & treats , but %99 of their feed will be from the feed store.
 

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well at 700# of feed per head that $112
Current market here of feeder pigs is .85/# @ 40#s thats $34/ head
and if you want to hire out processing last I checked that was $135
so purchase to freezer you're looking at $281 per hog
if you can get it to weigh 200 butcher weight that'll be about 160 dress out weight which brings you to about $1.76/#
Also It might be a hair cheaper to buy a cull sow and process her right away although the meat may not be quite as tender. Make sure any boar pigs are castrated or their meat will be sour and only good for heavily seasoned sausage. Hope this helps.
 

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We just started are pig. we were feeding her all the table left overs and we have a lot plus all the extra veggies from the garden. She seemed to be growing slow. I then started her on pig grower and wow has she taken off. seems like she has almost doubled in size her back is now flat and wide her hams are growing nice. it was like night and day. we pay a little over $19 per 80# sack.
 

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