Alfalfa Company developed the following information about its inventories in applying the lower-of-cost-or-market (LCM) basis in
valuing inventories: Product Cost Market
A $110,000 $120,000
B 80,000 76,000
C 155,000 162,000
If Alfalfa applies the LCM basis, the value of the inventory reported on the balance sheet would be:
Direct Material Price Variance = (Standard Price - Actual Price) Actual Quantity
Standard Price = $4 per pound
Actual Price = =
Since the actual price is less than the standard price the variance will be favorable as the amount paid for actual use is less then the estimated standard cost.
Thus, direct material price variance = ($4 - $3.8) 1,500