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J. Anim Sci. 1976. 43:20-26.
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Factors Affecting the Sale Price of Three Breeds of Performance Tested Boars1

W. E. Neville, Jr.2, O. M. Hale2, L. W. Grimes3 and W. C. McCormick2

Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tiflon, Georgia 31794

Abstract

Data used were from 19 tests covering a period of 13 years of boar testing at the Georgia Swine Testing Station. Of the boars tested, the qualifying requirements were met by 70% of the Durocs and Hampshires and 75% of the Yorkshires. A total of 401 Duroc, 284 Hampshire and 244 Yorkshire boars met qualifying requirements and were sold at public auction. Performance data from testing included final age (age at which the boars reached 90.7 kg weight or 150 days of age, whichever was attained first), daily gain, feed efficiency and backfat thickness. These data were analyzed for breed and various environmental effects. The performance data for each boar in addition to the size of litter in which the boar was born were available to prospective buyers prior to and on the day of sale. For Duroc, Hampshire and Yorkshire, these four variables accounted for 29, 41 and 40%, respectively, of the variation in sale price. Within tests, multiple analyses involving step-down procedures for each breed indicated that final age was the most important and litter size was the least important trait affecting sale price of boars. Between tests, price of slaughter hogs at the time the boars were sold affected (P<.01) the sale price of the boars (r = .47).

Footnotes

1 Appreciation is expressed to Dr. Walter R. Harvey, Department of Dairy Science, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210 for providing valuable suggestions incorporated in this paper.

2 Department of Animal Science

3 Present address: Animal Science Department, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.






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