Pork KPIs – Performance (Financial)

A measure of how much it costs to produce each kg of pork

If your costs are less than your value then your business will run at a profit. When costs exceed value (you pay more than you recieve) the business runs at a loss. There is a link between efficent businesses and those that have a lower overall environmental footprint.

• Total kg d.wt produced
• Total costs of production

• Average
• Top 10%

The financial KPIs are the most important as they are linked by outcome to all others in simple terms: health, carcase performance and fertility all have costs associated with them.

We provide a range of cost of production calculators and benchmarking information on our Pork Costings and Herd Performance page.

We also offer a range of materials in the AHDB knowledge library

• Improving your market return
• Factors affecting killing out percentage
• Benchmarking in pig production
• Recording pig herd performance data

For breeding units this is financial measure that shows if your business is profitable

If the cost of rearing a weaned pig is lower than its market value then the business will run at a loss. 

• Value of piglets
• Number of piglets weaned
• Total costs

• Average
• Top 10%

For breeding units, financial measures are just as important but calculated on a per head basis (£/piglet or £/head) rather than a value per unit of finished weight such as ppkg or total cost/d.wt kg. The same resources can be used as well as resources that maximise the value of the product i.e. shift more piglets into favourable weight categories e.g. 8kg+

AHDB provides a range of cost calculators and benchmarking information split between indoor and outdoor production systems on our Pork Costings and Herd Performance pages.

We also offer a range of materials in the AHDB knowledge library

• Establishing the weaner
• Small piglet management

Other sources:

• Profitability