Sell or Process Further

Calgary Lumber Company incurs a cost of $398 per hundred board feet (hbf) in processing certain rough-cut lumber, which it sells for $560 per hbf. An alternative is to produce a finished-cut at a total processing cost of $526 per hbf, which can be sold for $742 per hbf.

a. Prepare a differential analysis dated March 15 on whether to sell rough-cut lumber (Alternative 1) or process further into finished-cut lumber (Alternative 2).

Differential Analysis
Sell Rough-Cut (Alt. 1) or Process Further into Finished-Cut (Alt. 2)
March 15
	Sell Rough-Cut (Alternative 1)	Process Further into Finished-Cut (Alternative 2)	Differential Effects (Alternative 2)
Revenues, per 100 board ft.
Costs, per 100 board ft.
Profit (Loss), per 100 board ft.

b. Determine whether to sell rough-cut lumber (Alternative 1) or process further into finished-cut lumber (Alternative 2).