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Economic Value Of Superior Sires MATERNAL LINESAVE $25.00 PER LITTER OR $27,500.00 Economic studies indicate that each one point in Maternal Line Index (MLI) above 100 will result in one U.S. dollar more profit per litter by the daughters of that particular sire compared to daughters of an average sire (MLI of 1 00) in the breed. Thus, if a commercial producer can utilize truly superior sires through Al with an average MLI of 125, their daughters will return 25 U.S. dollars more profit per litter farrowed.On a herd basis, if a producer has 500 sows with 2.2 litters per sow per year he would produce a total of 1 1 00 litters per year. This producer could generate 27,500 U.S. dollars (1 100 x 25 U.S. dollars) greater profit per year from using superior Al maternal sires (Ml 125) compared to using average maternal sires to produce his replacement females.
TERMINAL LINESAVE $5.00 PER PIG OR OVER $46,750.00 Again U.S.A. economic studies indicate that each one index point above 100 for terminal sire index (TSI) is worth 0. 1 5 to 0.20 U.S. dollar per pig marketed. Boars from the top 1% of the breed average approximately 130 for TSI. Thus, if truly superior sires with a 130 TSI are used Al by a commercial producer, he would realize five U.S. dollars extra profit (30 index points x 0.167 per point) per pig marketed in comparison to an average boar from the same line. On a herd basis if a commercial producer has 500 sows with 2.2 litters per sow per year and 8.5 pigs marketed per litter, he would market 9350 pigs per year. With five U.S. dollars extra profit per pig, the producer could generate 46,750 U.S. dollars (5 x 9350) extra profit by using Al sires with a TSI of 130 compared to an average terminal sire. Over $70,000.00 extra profit can be realized by using truly superior Al sires, both for the production of the maternal lines ($27,500.00) and the terminal market pigs ($46,750.00). |
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