■ Product B (raw peanuts) is sold without further processing at $3 per pound — Royston Inc large food-processing company processes 150 000 pounds the department cost

Royston, Inc., is a large food-processing company. It processes 150,000 pounds of peanuts in the peanuts department at a cost of $180,000 to yield 12,000 pounds of product A, 65,000 pounds of product B, and 16,000 pounds of product C.

■ Product A is processed further in the salting department at a cost of $27,000. It yields 12,000 pounds of salted peanuts, which are sold for $12 per pound.

■ Product B (raw peanuts) is sold without further processing at $3 per pound.

■ Product C is considered a byproduct and is processed further in the paste department at a cost of $12,000. It yields 16,000 pounds of peanut butter, which are sold for $6 per pound.

The company wants to make a gross margin of 10% of revenues on product C and needs to allow 20% of revenues for marketing costs on product C. An overview of operations follows:

Required:

1. Compute unit costs per pound for products A, B, and C, treating C as a byproduct. Use the NRV method for allocating joint costs. Deduct the NRV of the byproduct produced from the joint cost of products A and B.

2. Compute unit costs per pound for products A, B, and C, treating all three as joint products and allocating joint costs by the NRV method.

SOLUTION

1. Computing byproduct deduction to joint costs:

Revenues from C, 16,000 $6 $ 96,000

Deduct:

Gross margin, 10% of revenues 9,600

Marketing costs, 20% of revenues 19,200

Peanut Butter Department separable costs 12,000

Net realizable value (less gross margin) of C $ 55,200

Joint costs $180,000

Deduct byproduct contribution 55,200