Finisher pig feed: the biggest single volume block in the herd
Finisher feed covers pigs from roughly 65 kg to market weight, with phase FCR commonly between 2.9 and 3.4. It is the largest tonnage in the programme, so the contract structure and price basis on finisher feed usually dominate the herd's annual feed spend.
Who buys at this stage
- Herds contracting finisher volume annually with an indexed price
- Buyers comparing local mills against imported compound feed on landed cost
- Producers testing whether a market-weight change alters the contract volume
Form and packaging
- Pellet diameter or meal grind
- Bulk delivery in almost all commercial cases
- Vehicle access, bin capacity and blowing or auger requirements
Commercial feed types
Pelleted finisher
Standard commercial form; large tonnage makes durability and fines economically relevant.
Meal finisher
Common where wet feeding or on-farm milling is used.
Split-sex or late-finisher diets
Where the programme uses them, specify each as a separate line.
What the RFQ must specify
- Pigs marketed per year, market weight and tonnes per year
- Expected finisher FCR
- Any split-sex or late-finisher diet split
- Quantity per shipment and committed annual volume
- Delivery point, port and preferred Incoterm
- Delivery schedule and acceptable lead time
- Packaging and pallet or bulk handling constraints
- Certifications and documents required with each shipment
- Currency, price basis and how long the price must hold
What moves the cost
- Cereal price, the dominant component at this stage
- Protein inclusion and any permitted substitution
- Freight, since this is the heaviest block to move
- Price basis and how long a quotation holds
- Market weight, which changes total tonnage directly
Storage and shelf life
- Largest bin demand of the programme
- Match delivery size to bin capacity to avoid part-loads
- Plan buffer stock for raw-material or logistics disruption
Certifications and documents to ask for
- GMP+ B1 / FAMI-QS or an equivalent feed safety scheme
- HACCP plan and the mill's own quality manual
- Certificate of analysis per batch (proximate analysis, moisture)
- Mycotoxin, salmonella and heavy-metal testing regime
- Traceability of raw materials and batch numbering
- Non-GMO, halal or organic certification where your market requires it
- Country-specific feed registration and import documentation
Supplier evaluation checklist
- Installed capacity against your monthly tonnage, not just the annual total
- Evidence of supplying the same stage and pellet form commercially
- Batch consistency record and how out-of-spec batches are handled
- Lead time from order to delivery, and behaviour during raw-material volatility
- Price basis: fixed, indexed to a named raw material, or reviewed periodically
- Delivery capability to your point, Incoterm and vehicle or vessel constraints
- Technical support available on-site and the escalation route when results slip
Size the volume first
Questions buyers ask
Why does finisher dominate the feed budget?
Fixed or indexed finisher price?
Does FeedMatch take a margin from the supplier?
How the request is handled
You submit the requirement, a person at FeedMatch reviews it, and only then are qualified suppliers approached on your behalf. Offers come back normalised to the same delivered basis so they can actually be compared. No supplier receives your details automatically and no introduction happens without that review.
Submit a feed project requestFeedMatch Group is an independent, supplier-neutral procurement platform. We are not a feed manufacturer, trader, nutritionist, veterinarian or lender, and we do not guarantee prices, supply, FCR or animal performance. Figures on this page are indicative commercial planning ranges, not specifications. Every requirement is reviewed by a person before any supplier is approached, and no supplier receives your details automatically. Last reviewed 16 September 2026.