North Dakota State University * Dickinson Research Extension Center
1089 State Avenue, Dickinson, ND 58601-4642 Voice: (701) 483-2348 FAX:
(701) 483-2005
PIC HOGS: A BRIEF SUMMARY
Less than two years ago, the Research Center repopulated its swine herd with Pig Improvement Company (PIC) Camborough-15 (C-15) females and Line 326 boars.
So far, the C-15 female has proven to be a prolific, heavy milking, durable pig that is easy to manage in semi-confinement. Since the Center's facilities are semi-confinement, and situated in an environment characterized as having cold winters and hot summers, a durable pig was essential. Many of the original sows are now in their fourth parity, and have demonstrated environmental durability and a solid ability to farrow and wean acceptably large litters. Post farrowing cyclicity and pregnancy have been encouraging. At this writing, the herd farrowing rate stands at 87%. Other sow performance parameters have been summarized in Table 1, of a separate report titled, "Effect of Winter Gestation Energy Level on Sow Productivity", found elsewhere in the Swine Section of this livestock report.
Feeder pigs produced in the All In/All Out group management system, are, for the most part, sold as feeder pigs. Those retained are utilized in growing/finishing studies. A sample of the C-15 x 326 matings were grown out and finished last winter to evaluate performance, especially, cold weather performance. One Hundred-fifteen barrows and gilts were fed and marketed through the John Morrell & Co., packing plant in Sioux Falls, SD. Feed consumption, growth performance, and return/pig have been summarized in Table 1, and a summary of slaughter data is shown in Table 2.
The data presented here characterizes the C-15 x 326 cross as a
functional, meat pig with lean qualities, yet possess enough fat cover, for insulation, to
perform well outdoors in North Dakota.
Table 1. PIC Slaughter hog close out: Ingredients fed, growth performance, costs and returns |
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| FEED CONSUMPTION | ||||
| Ingredient | % | LBS./Pig | Cost/LB. | Total |
| Wheat | 6.17 | 43.5 | .0633 | 2.75 |
| Barley | 78.4 | 552.2 | .035 | 19.33 |
| SBOM | 12.4 | 87.2 | .099 | 8.63 |
| Dical Phos. | 1.02 | 7.2 | .299 | 1.65 |
| Calcium Carbonate | .85 | 6.0 | .0692 | .42 |
| Trace Mineral Salt | .41 | 2.9 | .0742 | .22 |
| Vitamin A, D & E | .05 | .34 | .6717 | .23 |
| Vitamin B Complex | .17 | 1.23 | .40 | .49 |
| Zinc Sulfate | .01 | .089 | .22 | .02 |
| Lysine | .21 | 1.49 | 1.70 | 2.53 |
| Sunflower Oil | .37 | 2.6 | .27 | .70 |
| 100.00 | 704.75 | $36.97 | ||
| GROWTH PERFORMANCE | COSTS AND RETURNS | |||
| Market Weight | 245.0 | Feed Cost/Head | $36.97 | |
| Feeder Pig Weight | 42.0 | Feeder Pig Cost | $32.90 | |
| Gain | 203.0 | Total Production Cost | $69.87 | |
| Days Fed | 127.0 | |||
| ADG | 1.60 | Gross Slaughter Return | $84.40 | |
| Feed/Head/Day | 5.55 | Less Production Cost | $69.87 | |
| Feed/Pound of Gain | 3.47 | Return/Pig | $14.53 | |
Table 2. PIC Slaughter Hog Summary. Winter 1995 |
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| No | Fat* | Loin* | Lean% | Hot Carc% | Yield | Y-Prem | $Lean Prem | $Sort | $Gross | Ck-off | $Ins |
$Frt |
$Net Return |
| 14 | .77 | 1.81 | 51 | 162 | 73.00 | 5.55 | 40.00 | -32.00 | 1,191.55 | 4.17 | 2.62 | 58.90 | 1,125.86 |
| 20 | .71 | 1.90 | 53 | 170 | 73.04 | 16.80 | 76.48 | -11.91 | 1,739.17 | 6.09 | 3.83 | 87.50 | 1,641.75 |
| 30 | .83 | 1.68 | 51 | 177 | 73.07 | 17.75 | 86.17 | -.19 | 2,666.83 | 9.33 | 5.87 | 137.18 | 2,514.45 |
| 22 | .67 | 1.98 | 55 | 179 | 73.10 | 64.78 | 108.05 | -.58 | 2,049.65 | 7.17 | 4.51 | 99.09 | 1,938.88 |
| 21 | .76 | 1.82 | 52 | 179 | 73.12 | 3.82 | 70.19 | -13.86 | 1,857.40 | 6.50 | 4.09 | 97.57 | 1,749.24 |
| 8 | .85 | 2.06 | 51 | 186 | 73.27 | 5.07 | 29.27 | -5.40 | 819.82 | 2.87 | 1.80 | 38.29 | 776.86 |
| 115 | .77 | 1.88 | 52.2 | 176 | 73.10 | 18.96 | 68.36 | -10.66 | 10,324.42 | 36.13 | 22.72 | 518.53 | 9,747.04 |
* Fat-O-Meter Measurements |
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