GEORGIA FARM REPORT June 14, 2002 Volume 02-Number 11 Cold Storage Poultry Summary HIGHLIGHTS Agricultural Prices Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706)546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga Livestock Slaughter NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--APRIL 2001-2002 Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 GEORGIA Hatching --Thousands-- 9,511 9,551 --Number-- 1,850 1,832 --Millions-- 176 175 Table 11,992 10,887 2,143 2,204 257 240 Total Georgia 21,503 20,438 2,014 2,031 433 415 30 STATES 1/ Hatching 54,886 56,003 1,811 1,789 994 1,002 Table 261,354 258,228 2,164 2,183 5,657 5,637 Total 30 States 316,240 314,231 2,103 2,113 6,651 6,639 UNITED STATES 1/ Hatching 59,632 60,768 1,816 1,790 1,083 1,088 Table 277,507 275,027 2,168 2,179 6,016 5,993 Total U.S. 337,139 335,795 2,106 2,109 7,099 7,081 [Results from the "Monthly Chicken and Egg Report"]. 1/ 2001 Revised. EGGS IN INCUBATORS--MAY 1, 2001-2002, UNITED STATES Item 2001 2002 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 36,554 35,952 Chickens, Broiler Type 644,654 649,526 Turkeys, All Breeds 32,672 32,211 [Results from the "Monthly Chicken and Egg Report"]. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 98 101 99 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--APRIL 2001-2002 January thru April Item 2001 2002 % of year ago 2001 2002 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,398 6,814 107 26,583 27,524 104 Egg Type 311 295 95 1,045 1,007 96 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 111,382 111,894 100 435,903 443,877 102 United States 755,455 764,982 101 2,955,131 3,033,569 103 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,213 2,149 97 8,728 8,808 101 United States 42,768 38,212 89 158,283 144,788 91 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 25,858 26,010 101 194,735 2/ 197,169 3/ 101 [Results from the "Monthly Chicken and Egg Report" and the "Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report"]. 1/ Domestic placements as reported by leading breeders includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ Turkey poults placed September 2000-April 2001. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-April 2002. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--APRIL 2001-2002 January thru April Item 2001 2002 % of Year Ago 2001 2002 --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- Young Chickens Georgia 95,722 106,245 111 383,216 403,158 United States 675,819 730,368 108 2,714,698 2,811,443 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 7,434 9,629 130 31,977 36,008 Heavy Type, U.S. 5,607 5,858 104 22,099 22,510 Total U.S. 13,041 15,487 119 54,076 58,518 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- --Percent-- Georgia 1.56 1.01 1.39 0.93 United States 1.52 1.05 1.46 1.09 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 105 104 113 102 108 COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, APRIL 30, 2002 Commodity Apr 30, 2001 Mar 31, 2002 Apr 30, 2002 % of Apr 2001 % of Mar 2002 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- Butter 112,318 145,735 198,206 176 136 Cheese, Natural 711,765 730,635 751,755 106 103 Eggs, Frozen 15,884 11,670 10,125 64 87 Frozen Fruit 1,121,215 862,119 788,276 70 91 Fruit Juices, Frozen 2,202,790 2,107,594 2,182,654 99 104 Meats, Red 771,405 962,718 995,544 129 103 Beef, Frozen 315,344 412,398 407,493 129 99 Pork, Frozen 432,604 530,862 565,365 131 106 Poultry, Frozen 1,053,109 1,270,510 1,370,295 130 108 Turkeys, Frozen 392,606 456,305 512,038 130 112 Vegetables, Frozen 1,455,832 1,692,706 1,553,270 107 92 Potatoes, Frozen 1,280,403 1,271,979 1,210,775 95 95 Peanuts, Shelled 516,285 562,626 577,965 112 103 Peanuts, In Shell 20,063 17,361 20,143 100 116 Pecans, Shelled 52,558 45,795 47,520 90 104 Pecans, In Shell 121,101 181,333 165,844 137 91 [Results form the Monthly Cold Storage Report]. COMMERCIAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION--UNITED STATES 1/, APRIL 2001-2002 January-April2/ Class 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 --Million Pounds-- --Percent-- --Million Pounds-- --Percent-- Beef 1,939 2,194 113 Veal 15.2 16.1 106 Pork 1,533 1,673 109 Lamb & Mutton 20.2 19.1 95 Total Red Meat 3,507 3,902 111 8,121 8,570 106 65.1 62.3 96 6,338 6,451 102 80.1 76.7 96 14,604 15,161 104 [Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES, APRIL 2001-2002 1/ Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Total Live Weight Species 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 2001 2002 2001 2002 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- --Thousand Pounds-- Cattle 2,714.0 2,948.0 109 Calves 74.3 82.0 110 Hogs 7,837.4 8,427.6 108 Sheep & Lambs 290.8 278.3 96 1,186 340 265 140 1,227 327 267 138 3,218,029 25,254 2,073,307 40,613 3,618,324 26,790 2,253,829 38,352 [Results from the U.S. Livestock Slaughter Release]. 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2 POULTRY UTILIZATION AND CARCASS WEIGHT 1/ Commodity and Year Exports Ending Stocks --Million Pounds-- Broilers 1999 4,919 796 2000 5,392 798 2001 6,186 712 Other Chicken 1999 393 8 2000 224 9 2001 182 8 Turkey 1999 379 254 2000 444 241 2001 488 241 Total Poultry 1999 5,691 1,058 2000 6,060 1,048 2001 6,856 961 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, May 2002 LDP-M-94, Economic Research Service. Total Disappearance 24,469 24,281 24,755 162 307 337 4,903 4,903 4,996 29,534 30,031 30,087 Per Capita Consumption Carcass Weight --Pounds-- 87.7 87.9 86.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 17.6 17.4 17.5 105.8 106.3 105.2 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, RETAIL WEIGHT 1/ Per capita consumption, Retail Lb. 2000 Beef Pork Broilers Turkeys Total Red Meat & Poultry Eggs, Number 67.7 51.2 75.5 17.4 214.7 251.8 --Pounds-- 1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, April 2002 LDP-M-94, Economic Research Service. 2001 66.2 50.2 74.7 17.5 211.4 252.3 U. S. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION Broilers, Beef and Pork - Retail Weight 1994 - 2001 Pounds, Retail Weight 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Year 1999 2000 Broilers Beef Pork 2001 3 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--MAY 15, 2002 WITH COMPARISONS Georgia United States Commodity Corn Cotton Hay, All, Baled 2/ Oats Soybeans Winter Wheat Calves Beef Cattle 4/ Cows 5/ Steers & Heifers Milk Cows 6/ Hogs Price per Unit $/Bu $/Lb $/Ton $/Bu $/Bu $/Bu $/Cwt $/Cwt $/Cwt. $/Cwt $/Head $/Cwt May 2001 2.31 4.92 101.00 56.20 42.90 82.00 - Apr 2002 2.79 91.10 51.70 40.60 72.20 - May 15, 2002 2.65 1/ 88.40 50.90 40.50 71.20 - May 2001 1.82 4.09 107.00 1.28 4.33 2.93 111.00 73.60 43.70 77.40 50.40 Apr 2002 1.91 2.93 99.90 1.98 4.47 2.75 100.00 67.20 40.10 70.60 1,710.00 31.80 May 15, 2002 1.97 2.75 1/ 102.00 2.02 4.62 2.72 98.90 66.10 40.20 69.30 34.50 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt - - - 51.20 32.10 35.00 Sows $/Cwt - - - 38.70 25.20 23.80 All Milk 7/ $/Cwt - - - 15.50 12.50 12.30 8/ Chickens Excl. Broilers /Lbs 8.1 8.5 8.3 - - - Com'l Broilers 9/ /Lbs - - - 40.0 30.0 32.0 Eggs, All 2/10/ /Doz 85.4 79.7 80.0 55.2 51.9 50.5 Table 2/ /Doz 35.3 30.6 29.0 36.5 32.1 29.7 Hatching /Doz 150.0 150.0 150.0 - - - Turkeys 2/9/ /Lbs - - - 38.2 32.6 35.5 [Results from the monthly "Prices Received by Farmers"]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2/ Mid-month price. 3/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 4/ "Cows" and "Steers" and "Heifers" combined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 6/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices available Jan., Apr., July, Oct. 7/ Before deductions for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling and subsidies. 8/ Mid-month price. 9/ Live weight equivalent price to producers, includes growers and contractors combined. 10/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and table eggs sold at retail. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES, 2001-2002 2001 Apr May Apr UNITED STATES (1990-92 =100) Prices Received 106 108 95 Prices Paid 124 124 123 Ratio 1/ 85 87 77 [Results from the monthly "Prices Received by Farmers"]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. 2002 May 98 123 80