Cost Comparison

Dry matter fed/day	Cost per tonne milk replacer	Price per litre of milk	Cost of feeding milk replacer/day	Cost of feeding cows milk/day	Saving using milk replacer
450 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	56.25p	£0.85	£11.66
500 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	62.50p	£0.96	£14.07
550 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	68.75p	£1.08	£16.49
600 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	75.00p	£1.20	£18.90
650 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	81.25p	£1.32	£21.32
700 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	87.50p	£1.44	£23.73
750 g/day	£1,250	24 p/l	93.75p	£1.52	£24.47

*Assumes cows milk is 12.5% dry matter. Assumes weaning at 42 days