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Backyard Pig Farm — 10 Heads, First-Time Raiser
A first-time raiser with 10 commercial-hybrid piglets, 100% commercial feeds, and a small pen behind the house. This is the most common starter scenario in the Philippines, and the one most likely to go wrong.
Open this scenario in the Profit Simulator
The numbers below are pre-filled. Adjust feed price, mortality, or market price to match your area.
- Capital
- ₱120,000 – ₱160,000
- Time to market
- 5 months
- ₱ per head
- ₱3,000 – ₱4,500
Ten pigs is the scale most Filipino backyard raisers actually start with. Big enough that the cost stings if you get it wrong, small enough that you can do all the work yourself with help from family. The cost figures below assume commercial-hybrid weaners bought at 12 kg, 100% commercial feeds (starter → grower → finisher), and a 5-month grow-out to 95 kg liveweight.
The biggest variable is not the feed price — it is the mortality rate. In my experience, first-time raisers lose 1-2 pigs out of 10 to scours, heatstroke, or rookie injection mistakes. A 5% assumption is optimistic. If you have not raised pigs before, plan for 10% and treat anything better as a bonus.
The second-biggest variable is what you actually sell at. ₱185/kg liveweight is a reasonable working average for 2026 in most Luzon and Visayas barangays, but it moves by ₱10-20 month to month. Sell on a Fiesta or pre-Christmas week and you can clear ₱200-220. Sell into a glut and you might see ₱160. Run the calculator at both ends before you commit.
Cost breakdown
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| 10 weaners @ ₱3,500 | ₱35,000 |
| Commercial feeds (starter + grower + finisher) ~6 sacks per head over 5 months at ₱1,600/sack | ₱95,000 |
| Vaccines, dewormer, iron injections | ₱3,500 |
| Water, electricity, quicklime | ₱2,000 |
| Pen depreciation (1/5 of build cost) 5-year pen life | ₱8,000 |
| Mortality buffer (5%, half a pig) | ₱7,000 |
| Total batch cost | ₱150,500 |
Revenue line
9.5 pigs × 95 kg × ₱185/kg = ₱167,013
9.5 pigs survives the 5% mortality assumption. At ₱185/kg this nets about ₱16,500 batch profit, or ~₱1,650/head after every cost is paid.
What this leaves out
- ⚠ The "₱3,000-4,500 per head" range in books usually assumes you do not pay yourself for labour. If you cost in your own time at minimum wage, the profit shrinks significantly.
- ⚠ A single ASF case in your area can force a forced sale at floor prices (₱100-120/kg) — or worse, a culling order with delayed compensation. The Profit Simulator does not model this; the Break-Even Calculator helps you see at what price you still break even.
- ⚠ Most "₱3,000-4,500" projections you see online were calculated when feed was ₱1,400/sack. Feed has not been that price for two years.
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Para sa mga mag-uuma
- Para sa 10 ka baboy nga commercial hybrid, gikinahanglan og ₱150,000 ang kapital sa usa ka batch (5 ka bulan).
- Ang ganansya, kung 5% lang ang namatay ug ₱185/kg ang baligya, mga ₱1,500-2,000 matag baboy. Pero kung 10% ang mamatay (kasagaran sa first-time raisers), mahimong wala ka nay ginansya.
- Sulayi sa Profit Simulator ang ₱160/kg market price aron makita ang worst-case. Kung dili ka makagasto og dako sa biosecurity, ayaw pa sugod sa 20+ ka baboy.
Try your own numbers
The Profit Simulator opens pre-loaded with this scenario.