Question

(Prepared from a situation suggested by Professor John W. Hardy.) 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 1.35 Profit per pound $ 1.05 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 $0.20 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 $3.60 per pound.

Answer 1

It is more convenient to continue the process.

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

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 1.35

Profit per pound $ 1.05.

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 $0.20 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 $3.60 per pound.

Total ounces= 14

Filet= 6/14= 0.43

Ney York= 0.57

Filet mignon:

6 ounces= 0.375 pounds

Selling price= 3.6*0.375= 1.35

Further process= 0.20*0.43= 0.086

Selling price= 1.35

Joint costs= 1.35*0.43= 0.58

Further process= 0.086

Gross profit= 0.68

New York:

8 ounce= 0.5 pounds

Selling price= 3.60*0.5=1.8

Further process= 0.20*0.57= 0.114

Selling price= 1.8

Joint costs= 1.35*0.57= 0.77

Further process= 0.114

Gross profit= 0.916

Profit:

T-bone= 1.05

Filet= 0.68

New York= 0.916

Total further process= 1.596