GEORGIA FARM REPORT February 15, 2001 Volume 02-Number 03 Cattle and Calf Inventory Annual & Monthly Poultry Summary HIGHLIGHTS Calf Crop Cold Storage 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 Agricultural Prices CATTLE AND CALVES: NUMBER BY CLASS AND CALF CROP, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2001-2002 1/ Georgia United States Class 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 2001 2002 2002 as % of 2001 --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- --1,000 Head-- --Percent-- Cattle and Calves 1,270 1,240 98 97,277 96,704 99 Cows and Heifers That Have Calved 700 680 Beef Cows 614 594 Milk Cows 86 86 97 42,580 42,209 99 97 33,397 33,100 99 100 9,183 9,110 99 Heifers 500 Pounds and Over For Beef Cow Replacement Expected to Calve For Milk Cow Replacement Expected to Calve Other Heifers 78 87 2/ 2/ 31 29 2/ 2/ 31 30 19,776 19,678 100 112 5,588 5,561 100 2/ 3,337 3,452 103 94 4,057 4,060 100 2/ 2,696 2,724 101 97 10,131 10,057 99 Steers 500 Pounds and Over Bulls 500 Pounds and Over Calves Under 500 Pounds 46 40 39 39 345 335 90 16,441 16,800 102 100 2,274 2,244 99 97 16,206 15,773 97 Cattle on Feed 3 2000 Calf Crop 580 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Data not available. 3 2001 580 100 2001 as % of 2000 100 14,201 2000 38,631 13,860 2001 38,280 98 2001 as % of 2000 99 LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES 1/ Number Slaughtered Average Live Weight Species Dec 2000 Dec 2001 Dec 2001 as % of 2000 Dec 2000 Dec 2001 --Thousand Head-- --Percent-- --Pounds-- Cattle 2,716.9 2,779.4 102 1,224 1,255 Calves 91.6 84.3 92 319 309 Hogs 8,076.2 8,418.7 104 265 268 Sheep & Lambs 299.6 279.1 93 140 138 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. Total Live Weight Dec 2000 Dec 2001 --Thousand Pounds-- 3,326,073 3,489,285 29,234 26,055 2,137,477 2,254,943 41,928 38,595 Item Chickens, Egg Type Chickens, Broiler Type Turkeys, All Breeds EGGS IN INCUBATORS--JANUARY 1, 2001-2002, UNITED STATES 2001 2002 --Thousands-- 32,922 31,449 610,712 638,208 31,668 32,172 % of Year Ago --Percent-93 105 102 USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ALL LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION: ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF LAYERS, EGGS PER LAYER, AND TOTAL EGG PRODUCTION BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 2000-2001 1/ Average Number of Layers Eggs per Layer 2/ Total Egg Production State 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 --Thousand-- --Number-- --Million Eggs-- AL 10,413 10,371 228 228 2,371 2,359 AR 15,340 14,892 232 228 3,559 3,397 CA 24,056 23,432 262 256 6,293 5,996 CO 3,671 3,569 269 268 988 955 CT 3,129 3,151 276 280 863 883 FL 10,480 10,751 259 255 2,716 2,736 GA 20,816 20,994 246 242 5,114 5,087 HI 604 587 237 220 142.9 129.4 IL 3,549 3,294 266 270 944 888 IN 22,708 22,958 269 262 6,098 6,025 IA 28,098 32,539 269 267 7,554 8,676 ME 4,225 4,076 269 270 1,135 1,100 MD 3,245 3,183 260 273 845 870 MI 6,238 6,475 259 257 1,617 1,667 MN 12,581 12,141 260 256 3,271 3,112 MS 6,709 6,704 236 231 1,581 1,550 MO 6,141 6,880 263 260 1,614 1,789 NE 11,909 11,650 252 258 2,999 3,001 NY 3,974 4,127 280 277 1,113 1,143 NC 11,243 11,134 222 228 2,501 2,534 OH 31,129 30,157 262 262 8,163 7,900 OK 4,007 4,019 232 230 931 926 OR 2,976 2,958 271 277 805 818 PA 23,275 24,376 271 271 6,309 6,609 SC 4,974 5,585 250 254 1,245 1,416 SD 2,185 2,307 265 250 580 577 TX 17,423 18,743 254 253 4,423 4,734 VA 3,463 3,396 238 226 824 766 WA 4,836 4,996 270 268 1,306 1,337 WI 4,456 4,568 275 270 1,225 1,235 30 States 307,854 314,014 257 256 79,132 80,217 20 Other States 20,132 20,882 261 259 5,251 5,405 US 3/ 327,985 334,897 257 256 84,386 85,616 1/ Annual estimates cover the period Dec 1, previous year thru Nov 30. 2/ Total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand. 3/ Sum of States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. GEORGIA Hatching Table Total Georgia 30 STATES Hatching Table Total 30 States UNITED STATES Hatching Table Total U.S. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING DECEMBER 2000-2001 Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- 8,938 9,377 1,944 1,909 175 179 11,837 12,112 2,229 2,188 263 265 20,775 21,489 2,112 2,066 438 444 52,562 258,709 311,271 53,937 263,556 317,493 1,883 2,253 2,191 1,821 2,264 2,189 990 5,829 6,819 982 5,968 6,950 57,180 275,079 332,259 58,695 279,818 338,513 1,887 2,257 2,193 1,823 2,264 2,187 1,079 6,208 7,287 1,070 6,334 7,404 2 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--DECEMBER 2000-2001 January thru December Item Dec 2000 Dec 2001 % of Year Ago 2000 2001 --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- Young Chickens Georgia 88,430 91,089 103 1,151,272 1,197,403 United States 630,905 644,907 102 8,261,114 8,371,359 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 6,733 7,767 115 94,140 91,815 Heavy Type, U.S. 4,419 5,218 118 70,887 67,816 Total U.S. 11,152 12,985 116 165,027 159,631 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- --Percent-- Georgia 1.23 0.82 1.44 1.09 United States 1.43 1.03 1.46 1.23 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 104 101 98 96 97 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--DECEMBER 2000-2001 January thru December Item Dec 2000 Dec 2001 % of year ago 2000 2001 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,429 6,577 102 82,495 81,531 99 Egg Type 245 206 84 3,173 3,124 98 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 110,410 113,555 103 1,306,616 1,331,722 102 United States 738,664 769,419 104 8,792,132 8,901,632 101 Chicks Hatched- Egg Type Georgia 2,133 2,269 106 23,282 24,896 107 United States 34,690 31,504 91 429,738 450,467 105 Turkeys Poults Placed United States 23,297 24,883 107 93,342 2/ 95,945 3/ 103 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-December 2000. 3/ Turkey poults placed September 2001-December 2001. Commodity Butter Cheese, Natural Eggs, Frozen Frozen Fruit Fruit Juices, Frozen Meats, Red Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Turkeys, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Potatoes, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2000 Nov 30, 2001 Dec 31, 2001 % of Dec 2000 % of Nov 2001 --Thousand Pounds-- --Percent-- 24,115 53,916 52,590 218 98 707,811 633,849 655,672 93 103 14,971 7,334 7,534 50 103 1,568,648 1,143,284 1,106,305 71 97 1,675,930 1,726,374 1,861,948 111 108 836,204 879,118 940,069 112 107 401,724 426,010 460,032 115 108 411,475 432,482 458,942 112 106 1,051,247 951,222 975,564 93 103 241,284 259,729 251,702 104 97 2,201,842 2,254,280 2,153,232 98 96 1,189,663 1,297,373 1,256,149 106 97 382,240 421,106 455,212 119 108 19,766 24,347 17,153 87 70 32,422 29,336 28,993 89 99 166,628 32,886 92,236 55 280 3 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--JANUARY 15, 2002 WITH COMPARISONS Georgia United States Commodity Price per Unit Jan 2001 Dec 2001 Jan 15, 2002 Jan 2001 Dec 2001 Jan 15, 2002 Corn Cotton Cottonseed Hay, All, Baled 2/ Oats $/Bu. /Lb. $/Ton $/Ton $/Bu. 2.54 55.3 92.00 - 35.3 62.00 - 30.1 1/ 64.00 - 1.98 52.1 111.00 85.20 1.21 1.98 32.2 91.00 93.70 1.90 1.98 29.0 1/ 94.00 93.00 1.84 Peanuts, In Shell 3/ $/Lb. 4/ 15.4 4/ 31.4 19.7 17.6 Soybeans Tobacco Winter Wheat Calves Beef Cattle 5/ Cows 6/ $/Bu. $/Lb. $/Bu. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. $/Cwt. 4.44 - 102.00 53.10 38.70 4/ - 93.80 48.90 36.30 4/ - 95.30 49.70 37.20 4.68 1.995 2.77 108.00 74.80 39.00 4.20 1.960 2.79 100.00 64.60 36.00 4.27 1.935 2.89 100.00 66.60 37.10 Steers & Heifers $/Cwt. 79.80 72.20 73.00 79.30 68.60 70.50 Milk Cows 7/ Hogs $/Head $/Cwt. - - - 1,320.00 - 1,610.00 - - - 37.20 33.30 36.50 Barrows & Gilts $/Cwt. - - - 37.60 33.80 37.00 Sows $/Cwt. - - - 31.20 25.10 26.60 All Milk 8/ Chickens Excl. Broilers Com'l Broilers 10/ Eggs, All 2/11/ Table 2/ $/Cwt. /Lbs. /Lbs. /Doz. /Doz. - - - 13.20 13.40 13.30 9/ 7.1 8.1 8.2 - - - - - - 34.0 37.0 37.0 88.7 78.5 87.6 67.2 59.0 62.3 47.9 33.7 45.4 50.3 41.0 45.0 Hatching /Doz. 150.0 150.0 150.0 - - - Turkeys 2/10/ /Lbs. - - - 36.6 38.5 34.1 1/ Based on sales during first half of the month. 2/ Mid month price. 3/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Cows, steers and heifers. 6/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 7/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices published Jan., Apr., July, Oct. 8/ Before deduction for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 9/ Preliminary. 10/ Live weight equivalent prices. 11/ Average of all eggs sold by farmers including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail. INDEX NUMBERS--UNITED STATES Dec 2000 Jan 2001 UNITED STATES (1990-92 = 100) Prices Received 99 96 Prices Paid 122 125 Ratio 1/ 81 77 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid. Dec 2001 95 122 78 Jan 2002 96 121 79