FEED MANUFACTURING COSTS AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS tons per hour of size of operation and specialization on feed manufacturing costs. capacity basis, costs for the 6 to 10 tons group are $30.80 and $26.77 per .... represent full-line feed plants mixing all types of livestock and poultry feeds. .... cost center requires pellet mills, pellet coolers, graders, conveyors, boiler, and other...