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SE IA | That should be true to a certain extent, and to be honest it seems like the more I learn on this load, the more I get confused. Much of the problem comes in on the sort loss side of things. Because yield was artificially inflated, my calculated carcass weights were at 234 on this load, which resulted in a high percentage of overweight carcasses. This lead to a sort loss premium of $-.67/cwt, whereas normally we'd see a positive $1.50-2.00 premium. At the end of the day, I looked at my $/pig paid and it was about $11 less per pig on this load compared to other loads in this group with similar base market prices. That's how I came up with my initial estimate of around a ~$2,000 loss. At this point, it's probably a moot point and it's a live and learn moment. | |
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Head count discrepancy at packer with hogs
