Question

Lone Star Meat Packers is a major processor of beef and other meat products. The company has a large amount of T-bone steak on hand, and it is trying to decide whether to sell the T-bone steaks as they are initially cut or to process them further into filet mignon and the New York cut.
If the T-bone steaks are sold as initially cut, the company figures that a 1-pound T-bone steak would yield the following profit:


Selling price ($2.40 per pound) $ 2.40
Less joint costs incurred up to the split-off point where
T-bone steak can be identified as a separate product 1.60
Profit per pound $ 0.80

If the company were to further process the T-bone steaks, then cutting one side of a T-bone steak provides the filet mignon and cutting the other side provides the New York cut. One 16-ounce T-bone steak cut in this way will yield one 6-ounce filet mignon and one 8-ounce New York cut; the remaining ounces are waste. It costs $0.19 to further process one T-bone steak into the filet mignon and New York cuts. The filet mignon can be sold for $3.60 per pound, and the New York cut can be sold for $3.30 per pound.

Required:
1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing one T-bone steak into filet mignon and New York cut steaks?
2. Would you recommend that the T-bone steaks be sold as initially cut or processed further?

Answer 1

1. The Lone Star Meat Packers' financial advantage of further processing one T-bone steak into Filet Mignon and New York cut steaks is $0.41 per pound.

Data and Calculations:

Selling price per pound of T-bone steaks = $2.40

Split-off costs = $1.60

Profit per pound =$0.80 ($2.40 - $1.60)

6-ounce filet mignon = 0.375 pounds (6/16)

8-ounce New York cut = 0.5 pounds (8/16)

Further processing costs = $0.19

New sales prices after further processing:

Filet Mignon = $1.35 ($3.60 x 0.375)

New York cuts = $1.65 ($3.30 x 0.5)

Total price per pound = $3.00

Total cost after further processing = $1.79 ($1.60 + $0.19)

Profit per pound after further processing = $1.21 ($3.00 - $1.79)

Financial advantage from further processing = $0.41 ($1.21 - $0.80)

Thus, the financial advantage of further processing one T-bone steak into Filet Mignon and New York cut steaks is $0.41 per pound.

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