Georgia poultry facts, 2004

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table Title Page Office Staff and NASDA Employees Georgia Poultry Highlights
1 State Rank by Value of Production from Commercial Broilers, Eggs, and Mature Chickens, 2003 1 2 Poultry--Value of Production, Georgia, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Poultry--Production, Sales and Value, Georgia, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Eggs--Production and Value of Production, Georgia, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Broiler Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 Broiler Chicks Placed--Georgia, Weekly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . 9 8 Egg Type Eggs Set--Georgia, Weekly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--Georgia, Weekly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . 12 11 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13 Egg Production--All Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 Layers--Average Number in Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16 Egg Production--Table Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 17 Layers--Average Number in Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 18 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 Egg Production--Hatching Egg Flocks, Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 20 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 Prices Received by Farmers for Table Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 22 Prices Received by Farmers for Hatching Eggs--Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age First of Month--Georgia,
1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 24 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--Georgia, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 25 Number of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 26 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms, by States--December 1, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 27 Hatchery Capacity: Chicken and Turkey Hatcheries and Egg Capacity by Region and
United States, January 1, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 28 Poultry--Production and Value of Production, United States, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 29 Broiler Eggs Set--Selected States, Weekly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 30 Broiler Chicks Placed--Selected States, Weekly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 31 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States,
Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 32 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . 25 33 Prices Received by Farmers for Commercial Broilers, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . 25 34 Domestic Placements--Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks, United States,
Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 35 Egg Type Chicks Hatched--by Commercial Hatcheries, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . 26 36 Prices Received by Farmers for All Eggs, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 37 Layers--Average Number in All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 38 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 39 Egg Production--All Flocks, United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 40 Forced Molt Layers as a Percent of Hens and Pullets of Laying Age,
First of Month--30 Selected States, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 41 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly,
Mature Chickens by Weight Group, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 42 Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection--United States, Monthly, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . 29 43 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meat and Poultry--Selected Years, 1999-2003, United States . . 30

GEORGIA POULTRY FACTS
2004 EDITION
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Thomas T. Irvin, Commissioner
Cooperating with
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Agricultural Statistics Service R. Ronald Bosecker, Administrator
Prepared by
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 355 East Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov
Internet homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga David S. Abbe, Director
Christina S. Messer, Deputy Director James E. Brewster, Agricultural Statistician
Frieda C. Dekazos, Poultry Statistician Talmadge G. Williams, Agricultural Statistician
Connie R. McEver, Editor
PREFACE This publication is a compilation of statistical data on poultry released by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service during 2003 with comparisons back to 1996. The publication is designed to aid data users throughout the poultry industry in analyzing historical data and to assist in projecting future trends in the industry. A special thanks to the faithful, cooperating reporters, hatchery personnel, egg producers, feed dealers, the Poultry Improvement Association, the various trade associations and others who voluntarily take time from busy schedules to provide data to make this bulletin possible. Current poultry information is published by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service weekly in the Weekly Hatchery report and monthly in the Georgia Farm Report. These two reports and others are
available at our Internet homepage address w http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/. w Paper copies are available
upon written request at the above address or by telephone at 706/546-2236.

Jackie Adams James Brewster Peggy Craig Frieda Dekazos Laurel Garrison Calin Goolsby Jack Hall

Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service Office Staff

Robert Harris Kevin Lamons Emily McAllister Clayton McDuffie Connie McEver Elaine McGarity John Meyer

Jerry Midden Frances Palmer Jane Phelps Charlene Rhodes Sharon Stewart Talmadge Williams

Georgia's National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Employees

Office Enumerators

Field Enumerators

Priscilla G. Greene

North

Patricia A. Anglin

Regina W. Broach

Janice Belmore

Raymond Bryant

Steven Caudell

Louie Canova

Beverly D. Chalk

Howard Cooper

Jacqueline Chastain

Evans O. Davis

June Compton

Robyn Houp

Jeffery Czerwonka

James Morris

Lucy Dalton

Maylon H. Purcell

Edwin DeLaigle

Jimmy C. Taff

Mary Elliot

Leland J. Willis

Jane Erwin

Birdell Ethridge

South

Linda E. Fair

Vernon E. Cain

Stephen Fitzpatrick

H. Verlyn Denney

Jennifer Fowler

T. J. Futch, Jr.

Jo Neal Griffeth

Alfred E. Hester, Jr.

Allie M. Hardman

Ross NeSmith

Dennis Healan

Albert Potts

Carol Herzog

Sue Johnston

West Central

John Kemp

Catherine Lister

Ed Kenimer

Wayne Adkins

Peggy Krumpe

Jimmy Bradley

Debbie Lester

Paul M. Bulloch

Therese A. Maudsley

Carlton Farmer

Millicent N. McCoy

Tommy Franklin

Suzan Meentemeyer

Lee Lucas

Carolyn Morrill

Maurice R. Parker

Janie Price

A. Marshall Scott

James O. Smith

Donna M. Tate

East Central

Sharon Tate

Inman Gerrald

Dana Waldrop

Willard R. Joiner

Carole Dean Wilson

John Meikle

Lilla P. Mobley

William Ed Veal

William A. Woodward

GEORGIA POULTRY HIGHLIGHTS

2003 FARM VALUE OF PRODUCTION 1/ All Poultry and Eggs . . . . . . . . $2,546,425,000 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,142,850,000 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $395,769,000 Chickens* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,806,000
2003 -- GEORGIA NATIONAL RANK First . . . . . . . . . Broilers Value of Production Second . . . . . . . . . . . Chickens Value of Sales First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broilers Produced Second . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Value of Production First . . . . . . . All Poultry Value of Production First. . . . . Chickens Sold (excludes broilers) Sixth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs Produced

SUMMARY--2003

EGG PRODUCTION

The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia increased 11 percent to $2.55 billion for the 2003 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $2.14 billion, up 11 percent from 2002. The value of production for all eggs was $396 million, up 11 percent from 2002. The sale of chickens excluding broilers totaled 18.0 million birds with a value of sales of $ 7.8 million.
BROILER PRODUCTION
For the twentieth consecutive year, Georgia has been the leader in broiler production with 1.26 billion birds in 2003. Production decreased 2 percent from 1.29 billion broilers produced in 2002. Pounds produced in 2003 totaled 6.30 billion. The average price received per pound for broilers in 2003 was 34.0 cents per pound, up 4.0 cents from the 2002 average price. Georgia ranked first in the number of broilers produced and accounted for 15 percent of the number and 14 percent of pounds of the Nation's broiler production in 2003. For the ninth consecutive year, Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of broiler production.

Egg production in Georgia for the year ending November 30, 2003, totaled 5.05 billion eggs, 2 percent more than in 2002. The number of layers averaged 20.4 million in 2003, slightly less than the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the average number of layers was down 2 percent, to 9.22 million from 9.42 million in 2002. The average number of layers in table egg flocks was 11.2 million in 2003. All layers in Georgia produced an average of 247 eggs per hen in 2003, 4 eggs more than 2002's average of 243. Hatching egg flocks produced 2.05 billion eggs during 2003, 3 percent less than the previous year. Table egg flocks produced 3.00 billion eggs in 2003, 5 percent more than 2002. The average price for all eggs in 2003 was 94.1 cents per dozen, 8.1 cents more than the previous year. Table egg prices averaged 55.9 cents per dozen, up 17.3 cents from the previous year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.57 per dozen, down 1.3 cents from the previous year. Georgia's total egg production was 59 percent table eggs and 41 percent hatching eggs. Georgia ranked sixth in the Nation in 2003 in both the average number of layers and in total egg production. Iowa was the leading State in both layers and egg production followed by Ohio.

1/ Value of production is quantity produced multiplied by the price per unit. * Value of sales for chickens is quantity sold multiplied by the price per unit.

Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

TABLE 1 STATE RANK BY VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS, EGGS,
AND MATURE CHICKENS, 2003

Eggs 1/

Mature Chickens 1/

Commercial Broilers 1/3/4

All Poultry 6/

($000)

($000)

($000)

($000)

IA

460,495

AR

8,815

GA 2,142,850

GA 2,546,425

GA

395,769

GA

7,806

AR 1,986,552

AR 2,515,897

OH

374,458

NC

6,465

AL 1,837,666

NC 2,158,053

PA

370,907

AL

5,193

NC 1,512,000

AL 2 ,138,509

AR

344,040

MS

4,075

MS 1,424,124

MS 1,597,427

TX

310,007

TX

3,319

TX 1,031,590

TX 1,344,916

IN

307,785

OK

1,938

DE

542,592

PA

719,990

AL

295,650

VA

1,561

KY

506,566

VA

693,573

CA

282,375

KY

1,459

MD

494,748

SC

650,326

NC

241,788

MO

1022

VA

441,660

MN

649,563

MS

169,228

SC

974

OK

379,100

KY

591,147

MN

146,372

TN

947

SC

389,266

IA

556,921

FL

145,107

WV

937

TN

322,320

MD

547,062

NE

139,368

LA

631

PA

247,284

DE

542,592

MO

99,921

PA

443

FL

178,955

OH

536,223

MI

93,762

FL

381

WV

121,550

OK

453,112

SC

87,186

CO

304

OH

78,925

IN

446,864

KY

83,122

MN

251

MN

77,690

CA

433,251

VA

73,160

IN

199

WI

54,180

MO

386,613

OK

72,074

WI

179

NE

7,980

TN

355,167

ME

70,530

CA

158

NY

5,110

FL

324,443

WA

70,360

MD

102

HI

1,682

WV

189,589

CO

59,909

HI

98

MI

162,534

NY

56,330

IL

71

NE

147,366

WI

55,618

UT

66

WI

109,977

IL

51,001

OH

43

SD

83,635

MD

46,206

IA

36

IL

82,639

CT

44,123

NH

28

ME

70,550

OR

43,522

ID

23

WA

70,368

UT

37,527

ME

20

NY

66,230

LA

35,957

NE

18

CO

60,213

WV

33,975

VT

14

CT

44,294

TN

31,900

MI

12

OR

43,525

SD

31,708

NY

9

UT

37,593

NJ

29,190

WA

8

LA

36,588

ID

14,519

CT

6

NJ

29,728

HI

9,396

MT

4

ID

14,542

MT

5,796

NJ

3

HI

11,176

MA

4,879

OR

3

ND

10,023

VT

3,613

MA

3

MA

7,597

NH

3,261

SD

2

MT

5,800

WY

186

VT

5,409

NH

3,513

WY

186

All Other States

83,231 2/

53 2/

1,430,557 5/

1,816,968

U.S. 7/

5,315,311

47,679

15,214,947

23,298,117

1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year, through Nov 30. 2/ AK, AZ, ND, NM, NV and RI combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds. 4/ Excludes states producing less than 500,000 birds. 5/ CA, IN, IA, LA, MO, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 6/ Includes commercial broilers, eggs, chickens and turkeys. 7/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

TABLE 2 POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1996-2003 1/

1996

1997 1998 1999

2000

2001 2002 2003

--Thousand Dollars--

Commercial Broilers

2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 1,935,750 2,142,850

Mature Chickens,

Hatching Egg Flocks

11,084 16,911 20,078 16,940 20,898 11,380 10,329

7,713

Table Egg Flocks

149

201

178

140

188

104

93

93

All Chickens,

Including Commercial Broilers 2,216,527 2,294,002 2,406,638 2,310,525 2,050,091 2,443,719 1,946,172 2,150,656

Eggs

348,002 358,941 376,104 379,339 370,831 368,073 356,065 395,769

Turkeys 2/

7,308

2,591

All Poultry

2,571,837 2,655,534 2,782,742 2,689,864 2,420,922 2,811,792 2,302,237 2,546,425

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year, except turkeys based on Sep 1 - Aug 31 hatch. 2/ Discontinued in 1998.

Value of Production Broilers, Chickens, and Eggs,
Georgia 2003

Mature Chickens
$8

Eggs (Total)
$396

Broilers
$2,143
Broilers 84.2% Eggs 15.5%
Mature Chickens 0.3%

TABLE 3 POULTRY--PRODUCTION, SALES AND VALUE, GEORGIA, 1996-2003 1/

Unit

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001 2002

Commercial Broilers

Number Produced 1,000

1,154,000 1,182,800 1,202,500 1,239,700 1,229,700 1,247,300 1,290,500

Pounds Produced 1,000

5,654,600 5,914,000 5,892,300 6,198,500 6,148,500 6,236,500 6,452,500

Price per Pound 2/ Cents

39.0

38.5

40.5

37.0

33.0

39.0

30.0

Value of Production 1,000 Dols 2,205,294 2,276,890 2,386,382 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 1,935,750

Unit

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001 2002

Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks

Number Sold

1,000

9,565 10,385 11,797 14,163 14,363 14,187 12,598

Pounds Sold

1,000

84,685 87,794 98,884 127,694 128,345 126,361 110,053

Price per Pound Cents

13.1

19.3

20.3

13.3

16.3

9.0

9.4

Value of Sales 1,000 Dols

11,084 16,911 20,078 16,940 20,898 11,380 10,329

Unit

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001 2002

Mature Chickens, Table Egg Flocks

Number Sold

1,000

6,240

5,115

5,225

7,107

8,074

5,443

4,349

Pounds Sold

1,000

24,370 19,156 20,270 27,577 37,689 20,864 17,050

Price per Pound Cents

0.6

1.0

0.9

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Value of Sales 1,000 Dols

149

201

178

140

188

104

93

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Live weight equivalent price.

2003
1,260,500 6,302,500
34.0 2,142,850
2003
12,208 94,264
8.2 7,713 2003
5,749 18,865
0.5 93

Number (Mil.)
2,500

BROILERS Number & Value of Production
Georgia, 1996 - 2003

Dollars (Mil.)
2,500

2,000

2,000

1,500

1,500

1,000

1,000

500

500

0

0

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Years

Number Value

Millions
22 20 18 16 14 12 10
8 6 4 2

MATURE CHICKENS Number Sold & Value of Sales
Georgia, 1996 - 2003

1996

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Number, Hatching

Years
Value, Hatching Number, Table

Value, Table

2003

Million 500

EGG PRODUCTION & VALUE Hatching, Table, and Total Eggs
Georgia, 1996 - 2003

Million $ 500

400

400

300

300

200

200

100

100

0

0

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Years

Dz. Table Eggs Dz. Hatching Eggs Total Dz. Eggs Dollar Value

TABLE 4 EGGS--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA 1996-2003 1/2/

Unit

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Average Number Layers 1,000

Eggs per Layer

Number

Eggs Produced

Millions

Price per Dozen

Cents

Value of Production 1,000 Dols

10,669 259
2,767 64.5
148,726

11,188 260
2,908 59.2
143,461

11,818 258
3,045 52.5
133,289

Table Eggs

11,563 11,728

259

258

2,997 42.8
106,912

3,022 42.7
107,562

11,596 258
2,991 42.6
106,186

11,052 258
2,853 38.6
91,798

Unit

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Hatching Eggs

Average Number Layers 1,000

Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced
Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen Table Hatching Value of Production Table Hatching Total

Number
Millions Millions Millions
Cents Cents
1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols

7,929 229
127 1,690 1,817
64.5 136.6
6,826 192,450 199,276

8,683 226

9,217 226

9,498 229

9,088 231

137 1,822 1,959

146 1,935 2,081

153 2,026 2,179

147 1,959 2,106

59.2 137.5

52.5 136.3

42.8 158.1

42.7 158.1

6,759 208,721 215,480

6,390 236,425 242,815

5,424 267,003 272,457

5,244 258,025 263,269

9,398 223

9,422 224

147 1,948 2,095

148 1,966 2,114

42.6 158.0

38.6 158.4

5,222 256,665 261,887

4,762 259,505 264,267

Unit

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Average Number Layers 1,000

Eggs per Layer Eggs Produced

Number

Table Hatching Total Price per Dozen

Millions Millions Millions

Table Hatching Total

Cents Cents Cents

Value of Production Table Hatching Total

1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols 1,000 Dols

18,626 246
2,894 1,690 4,584
64.5 136.6
91.1
155,552 192,450 348,002

19,869 245

21,035 244

Total Eggs

21,059 20,816

246

246

3,045 1,822 4,867

3,191 1,935 5,126

3,150 2,026 5,176

3,169 1,959 5,128

59.2 137.5
88.5

52.5 136.3
88.0

42.8 158.1
87.9

42.7 158.1
86.8

150,220 208,721 358,941

139,679 236,425 376,104

112,336 267,003 379,339

112,806 258,025 370,831

20,994 242

20,473 243

3,138 1,948 5,086

3,001 1,966 4,967

42.6 158.0
86.8

38.6 158.4
86.0

111,408 256,665 368,073

96,560 259,505 356,065

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2/ Includes both commercial and farm flocks.

2003
11,225 267
2,998 55.9
139,657 2003
9,217 222
143 1,906 2,049
55.9 157.1
6,661 249,451 256,112 2003
20,442 247
3,141 1,906 5,047
55.9 157.1
94.1
146,318 249,451 395,769

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10

1996
28.9 28.9 28.9 28.5 28.5
28.5 29.1 28.8 28.9 29.1

TABLE 5

BROILER EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

--Millions--

29.5

30.3

31.6

31.6

30.8

28.8

30.3

31.3

31.7

31.0

29.0

29.7

31.5

31.3

30.6

29.2

29.6

31.1

31.5

30.6

29.1

29.2

30.8

31.1

30.4

29.6

29.2

31.2

31.4

30.7

29.9

29.8

31.8

30.8

31.1

30.0

29.7

31.9

30.7

31.5

30.1

29.9

31.4

31.8

32.4

29.4

29.9

32.0

31.9

31.7

11

28.1

29.6

30.3

31.6

32.1

31.9

12

28.5

29.0

29.9

31.5

31.2

31.9

13

28.3

28.2

30.4

32.0

32.4

31.5

14

28.8

30.4

30.4

31.9

32.3

32.4

15

29.0

29.9

30.6

31.8

32.4

32.6

16

28.6

30.2

30.5

32.0

32.5

31.9

17

28.8

30.5

30.9

31.7

31.8

32.5

18

28.2

28.8

31.0

31.6

32.3

32.0

19

28.7

29.6

31.0

31.6

31.7

32.5

20

28.3

30.6

31.3

32.1

32.1

32.3

21

28.4

30.6

31.0

31.9

32.3

32.6

22

28.7

30.9

31.3

32.0

32.0

32.5

23

29.1

30.8

31.3

31.8

32.1

32.5

24

29.1

30.7

31.5

32.2

32.0

32.4

25

28.2

30.5

31.2

31.9

31.1

30.7

26

28.3

30.3

31.3

31.2

29.9

32.1

27

28.0

29.7

30.8

31.4

30.3

30.8

28

28.7

30.7

30.7

30.9

29.7

31.9

29

28.9

30.6

31.3

31.8

29.8

31.4

30

28.7

29.6

31.1

31.9

30.3

30.9

31

28.6

29.8

30.9

31.6

30.5

31.7

32

28.4

30.5

30.9

30.9

29.8

31.7

33

27.9

29.5

31.0

30.6

30.1

31.8

34

28.9

30.5

31.6

31.4

30.7

31.9

35

27.8

30.4

31.2

31.0

30.6

32.0

36

28.3

30.4

30.9

30.3

30.6

31.2

37

26.6

28.3

30.2

29.0

28.8

31.4

38

26.5

28.5

30.4

29.5

30.5

30.1

39

26.8

28.1

29.6

28.1

28.1

30.6

40

28.6

30.3

31.4

31.6

30.6

32.5

41

28.1

28.9

31.2

29.9

30.3

31.2

42

25.7

26.7

30.9

28.3

29.2

29.0

43

25.9

27.5

28.9

27.5

29.2

28.6

44

27.3

27.8

30.7

30.0

27.6

29.4

45

28.5

27.9

31.2

29.4

28.0

31.2

46

29.4

28.8

31.9

30.9

31.1

31.5

47

29.3

29.5

31.8

30.8

29.9

30.7

48

29.7

29.9

31.8

31.0

30.8

32.6

49

29.1

29.5

31.3

31.4

31.2

31.3

50

29.2

30.2

31.8

31.1

30.9

31.5

51

29.1

30.0

31.6

31.5

30.8

31.7

52

29.7

30.3

32.3

31.2

30.6

30.8

53

30.5

Total 1/

1,479.0

1,539.2

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

1,599.9

1,616.5

1,634.3

1,634.3

2002
31.3 31.9 31.4 31.3 31.2
31.6 31.5 31.6 31.5 32.2
31.6 31.8 31.3 32.3 31.9
32.3 31.9 31.5 32.9 32.8
32.6 32.7 32.7 32.7 32.2
32.4 31.7 32.6 31.9 32.2
32.4 32.0 31.1 31.5 31.6
32.0 29.0 30.1 28.7 29.5
29.8 28.4 27.3 28.3 29.9
30.6 29.9 30.4 30.4 30.5
30.0 30.9
1,624.2

2003
30.7 31.0 30.9 31.4 31.3
31.2 31.3 31.6 31.9 32.3
31.6 31.6 31.2 32.3 32.5
31.9 31.9 31.9 32.4 32.9
32.5 32.9 33.0 32.7 32.4
32.1 32.3 32.6 32.9 32.9
32.3 32.6 32.3 32.8 32.5
30.9 30.9 31.0 31.2 30.9
31.9 29.6 28.4 30.1 31.5
33.0 32.1 33.4 32.8 33.5
32.7 33.1
1,658.6

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

1996
23.6 23.8 23.8 24.1 24.0

TABLE 6

BROILER CHICKS PLACED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

--Millions--

23.4

23.9

23.6

24.0

24.3

24.5

24.7

24.1

24.0

24.7

24.0

24.2

25.2

24.1

24.7

24.4

24.8

25.7

25.0

24.3

23.8

24.1

24.8

25.1

24.3

2002
26.4 25.8 24.9 26.1 25.7

6

23.6

23.5

24.2

24.5

24.5

24.7

25.5

7

23.4

23.6

24.0

24.3

24.7

24.7

25.2

8

23.2

23.9

23.4

24.7

24.9

24.9

25.3

9

22.9

23.7

23.1

25.3

24.7

24.3

26.0

10

23.3

23.9

24.0

24.8

24.0

24.9

26.0

11

23.6

24.1

23.5

25.6

23.4

26.4

25.8

12

24.1

24.2

24.0

25.8

24.6

26.6

25.5

13

23.8

24.3

24.3

25.2

25.5

26.3

26.0

14

22.7

23.3

24.8

25.0

25.9

25.7

26.0

15

23.2

23.1

24.7

24.8

25.3

25.8

25.8

16

22.9

22.4

24.5

25.7

25.5

25.5

25.1

17

23.4

24.1

24.6

25.9

25.6

25.1

26.5

18

23.4

24.2

24.7

25.3

25.1

26.1

26.3

19

23.3

23.9

23.7

25.2

25.3

25.8

26.4

20

23.4

24.5

24.8

25.4

24.6

26.2

25.9

21

23.3

23.1

25.1

25.5

25.6

25.6

25.3

22

23.4

24.2

25.6

25.3

24.8

26.7

26.9

23

23.6

24.7

25.3

25.4

26.1

25.4

26.3

24

23.4

24.7

25.5

25.8

25.7

25.9

25.7

25

23.4

24.6

25.2

26.3

25.8

26.7

26.1

26

23.4

24.6

24.5

25.9

25.3

25.8

26.0

27

24.1

24.3

24.4

25.2

25.4

26.3

26.6

28

23.3

24.1

24.6

25.1

25.4

24.6

26.2

29

23.6

24.2

24.9

24.8

23.5

25.9

26.3

30

22.9

24.0

24.4

25.1

23.9

24.5

25.6

31

23.3

24.2

24.1

24.5

24.0

25.9

26.4

32

23.4

24.6

25.2

25.8

24.0

25.1

25.8

33

22.9

23.5

24.7

25.6

24.5

24.9

25.8

34

22.7

23.2

23.6

25.2

24.2

25.5

25.4

35

23.0

24.1

24.3

23.5

24.1

25.3

25.7

36

23.0

23.6

24.0

23.6

23.7

25.7

25.1

37

23.9

24.2

25.1

24.3

24.5

25.5

25.8

38

23.1

24.3

24.8

24.3

24.3

25.9

25.5

39

23.2

24.5

24.7

24.0

24.3

25.6

26.2

40

21.3

22.6

24.0

23.1

22.4

25.5

23.4

41

21.5

22.5

23.6

23.6

24.3

24.1

24.7

42

21.4

22.0

23.5

22.0

22.9

24.9

22.9

43

22.8

23.7

24.6

24.9

24.5

25.9

24.2

44

23.0

23.2

24.4

24.3

24.6

25.0

24.1

45

21.1

21.5

23.4

22.6

23.3

23.2

23.4

46

20.9

21.5

22.6

21.4

23.9

23.0

21.5

47

22.4

23.0

23.8

23.8

22.3

23.3

22.8

48

23.4

22.7

25.5

23.7

22.5

25.1

24.3

49

24.0

23.2

24.7

24.8

24.6

25.6

25.1

50

23.5

23.9

24.8

24.2

23.8

24.2

24.7

51

24.4

24.0

25.0

24.9

24.9

26.1

24.8

52

24.2

23.1

25.4

25.2

25.0

25.2

24.7

53

24.3

Total 1/

1,205.6

1,231.7

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

1,269.6

1,285.5

1,297.3

1,312.7

1,319.3

2003
24.5 24.2 24.8 25.1 25.1
25.6 25.8 25.0 25.7 24.4
25.1 25.4 25.5 25.1 25.2
24.6 25.7 26.4 24.9 24.7
25.2 25.4 26.0 26.4 26.2
26.5 26.1 25.3 25.2 25.2
25.6 26.3 26.2 25.3 26.2
25.1 26.0 25.4 24.7 23.8
24.4 24.1 24.4 25.3 23.9
22.5 23.3 25.0 24.9 24.7
26.0 26.2
1,309.4

Million Eggs 34

BROILER TYPE EGGS SET Jan 4, 2003 through Dec 27, 2003
Georgia

33

32

31

30

29

28 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Week

Million Chicks 29

28

27

26

25

24

23

22

21

0

5

BROILER TYPE CHICKS PLACED Jan 4, 2003 through Dec 27, 2003
Georgia

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Week

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1996
104.7 96.8
104.5 100.2 104.2 100.6 103.5 103.3
98.7 98.4 94.8 106.6

TABLE 7 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES
GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Millions--

106.3 95.6
108.3 103.2 107.9 107.8 109.3 108.0 104.4 103.6
95.7 105.9

108.5 95.6
107.8 105.9 111.6 108.5 110.6 109.6 106.0 108.1 104.3 112.1

112.6 100.1 114.2 110.3 114.5 111.5 113.2 111.9 104.1 105.4 100.1 110.8

112.8 104.7 112.3 111.2 114.9 111.5 109.0 107.3 104.2 107.4 101.1 110.6

110.3 99.8
114.4 111.4 116.6 113.7 113.8 112.9 109.7 112.2 103.3 113.6

114.1 103.0 115.0 111.7 116.9 114.4 117.4 115.8 110.6 107.3 100.5 110.4

Total 1/ 1,216.5

1,255.9

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

1,288.4

1,308.8

1,306.8

1,331.8

1,337.1

2003
111.4 102.2 115.9 112.8 117.8 117.1 119.0 120.0 113.4 113.2 106.3 119.3
1,368.3

Million Chicks 125

BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
Georgia, 2001 - 2003

120

2002

2003

115

2001

110

105

100

95
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

1996
600 592 446 570 448

TABLE 8 EGG TYPE EGGS SET--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

--Thousands--

521

537

573

531

647

622

621

611

613

633

600

509

599

413

561

622

478

442

605

630

575

524

568

602

536

6

579

592

551

593

480

505

7

581

569

612

367

553

643

8

596

543

508

322

572

647

9

579

537

588

622

570

597

10

603

560

599

586

583

640

11

519

572

549

567

464

633

12

576

528

596

546

415

616

13

518

584

607

591

320

610

14

550

667

553

468

593

581

15

574

579

658

583

532

616

16

635

562

585

609

512

607

17

592

588

541

618

476

590

18

582

582

611

596

543

538

19

578

456

409

651

583

578

20

569

600

604

531

399

584

21

438

586

620

410

481

647

22

453

545

525

527

576

629

23

620

592

583

581

534

642

24

447

373

394

446

581

642

25

594

546

570

543

300

585

26

490

441

543

469

582

585

27

523

567

531

566

541

607

28

501

559

501

323

222

534

29

520

594

600

596

530

643

30

606

553

458

378

505

556

31

547

547

423

502

467

642

32

488

599

514

570

572

586

33

555

461

609

626

561

638

34

554

599

435

516

495

508

35

576

595

560

567

597

628

36

529

508

431

531

599

594

37

614

585

549

524

604

592

38

498

585

535

443

522

575

39

553

388

583

525

554

516

40

409

294

409

523

374

505

41

341

426

251

514

515

622

42

536

396

323

500

474

625

43

121

436

594

480

525

563

44

569

381

522

540

570

302

45

414

263

296

281

305

642

46

647

483

458

550

611

647

47

596

420

595

376

568

461

48

464

574

611

494

616

536

49

231

459

233

445

616

324

50

523

451

311

428

475

635

51

593

600

625

622

462

616

52

412

531

613

622

609

642

53

613

Total 1/

27,249

27,396

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

27,045

27,061

27,515

30,461

2002
633 621 629 609 634
554 607 548 614 637
590 546 595 645 565
596 647 625 523 529
593 640 638 616 613
636 475 498 630 541
589 627 615 616 612
559 372 440 631 625
321 305 643 638 420
603 643 638 446 622
606 645
30,043

2003
626 625 628 614 602
642 588 639 642 635
631 642 629 647 632
640 627 628 626 642
613 617 641 545 622
640 619 644 647 630
634 642 642 642 642
638 570 638 647 603
598 637 403 388 443
617 342 629 505 505
630 647
31,445

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35
36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53
Total 1/
% of U.S. Total

TABLE 9 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--GEORGIA, WEEKLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

--Thousands--

393

422

416

489

526

482

545

441

536

521

391

259

358

395

520

505

523

511

461

537

528

565

463

497

447

573

530

510

514

505

2002
282 527 570 545 543

396

509

517

522

393

499

509

507

533

499

434

495

352

487

568

416

500

497

549

540

462

497

535

466

559

475

518

394

414

469

527

318

471

543

525

544

466

530

475

548

501

453

482

503

540

453

269

491

533

468

505

512

489

488

527

594

489

489

542

544

476

487

400

539

513

511

472

366

520

474

456

505

480

567

497

507

508

478

525

515

541

520

276

519

497

490

406

499

486

531

559

497

450

521

482

517

543

422

524

474

461

506

387

521

532

535

503

493

355

506

470

387

505

394

448

512

504

457

462

529

364

561

500

480

446

519

470

311

480

435

532

346

419

536

500

462

464

474

521

499

545

536

386

336

513

488

418

399

446

486

577

349

469

536

553

342

390

491

532

551

503

452

256

502

546

497

373

508

529

538

439

506

439

507

387

442

486

440

495

490

483

486

486

437

525

438

210

185

458

439

553

536

451

555

523

402

316

421

487

481

387

443

372

537

517

458

496

492

499

549

501

391

483

504

508

510

469

439

532

522

537

531

488

525

553

378

444

439

437

556

471

499

522

536

543

373

228

521

498

501

488

472

567

518

332

454

519

490

338

371

255

304

361

477

340

443

396

470

497

387

518

508

475

439

564

364

477

339

431

531

206

464

457

546

282

282

451

409

542

270

108

385

494

343

358

222

545

403

520

362

510

435

467

485

559

471

480

489

266

576

259

240

270

548

369

395

480

534

547

532

510

289

481

388

534

407

500

195

387

539

418

522

425

531

202

364

528

280

410

396

23,942

23,709

23,717

23,051

23,282

25,494

25,924

6.0

5.6

5.4

5.1

5.4

5.6

6.1

U.S. Total

401,640

425,007

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Revised.

438,273

451,721

430,412

452,673 2/ 421,549

2003
577 566 554 563 569
561 561 542 565 524
559 565 559 568 579
558 579 537 556 542
553 548 538 585 571
548 470 561 556 548
568 548 534 548 557
556 569 562 552 495
553 559 524 515 546
343 337 387 284 543
560 452
27,831
6.7
416,069

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1996
2.1 1.9 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.8

TABLE 10 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES
GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Millions--

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.0

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.3

1.8

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.3

2.1

2.2

1.7

2.0

2.0

1.7

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

2.0

1.4

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.7

2.2

2.3

2.2

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.1

2.3

2.3

1.7

2.2

2.1

1.9

2.2

2.2

1.9

2.2

2.1

1.6

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.9

2.1

1.9

1.8

2.0

1.9

2.1

2.3

2.3

Total 1/

24.1

23.8

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

23.7

23.1

23.3

25.5

25.9

Thousand Eggs 700

EGG TYPE EGGS SET Jan 4, 2003 through Dec 27, 2003
Georgia

600

500

400

300

200

1

5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Week

2003
2.5 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.7 2.1
27.8

Thousand Chicks 700

EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED Jan 4, 2003 through Dec 27, 2003
Georgia

600

500

400

300

200

100

1

5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Week

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 11 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Thousands--

18,286 18,161 18,075 18,109 17,921 17,556 17,447 17,513 17,567 17,878 18,539 18,958

18,844 18,736 18,941 18,962 18,709 18,225 18,062 18,447 18,607 18,441 18,539 19,016

20,439 20,548 20,844 21,199 21,183 20,964 21,126 21,131 21,022 20,974 21,338 21,649

21,429 21,564 21,711 21,250 20,937 20,870 20,976 20,750 20,401 20,704 21,046 21,065

21,009 20,975 21,139 21,370 20,946 20,408 20,480 20,986 20,730 20,359 20,636 20,754

20,775 20,686 20,749 21,385 21,503 20,757 20,496 20,511 20,730 21,124 21,661 21,830

21,489 21,391 20,928 20,420 20,438 19,968 19,973 20,124 20,005 20,237 20,330 20,377

Annual Average 18,000
1/ Dec. preceding year.

18,626

21,035

21,059

20,816

20,994

20,473

2003
20,515 20,393 20,630 20,734 20,516 20,553 20,554 20,337 20,230 20,145 20,200 20,499
20,442

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 12 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Number--

2,091 2,039 1,906 2,120

2,096 2,052 1,891 2,126

2,172 2,112 1,876 2,142

2,133 2,078 1,870 2,127

2,180 2,122 1,954 2,143

2,108 2,026 1,827 2,104

2,066 1,963 1,821 2,120

2,036 2,052 2,021 2,103 2,085 2,028 2,087 2,040

1,980 2,033 2,010 2,090 2,069 1,980 2,089 2,076

2,068 2,051 1,927 1,992 2,007 1,940 2,043 2,042

2,020 2,032 1,988 2,043 2,044 2,024 2,124 2,098

2,077 2,058 1,963 2,035 2,055 1,979 2,035 2,029

2,014 1,995 1,913 2,033 2,077 1,979 2,064 2,080

2,031 2,068 1,968 1,973 2,039 2,016 2,105 2,095

2003
2,157 2,084 1,852 2,088 2,042 2,082 1,980 2,065 2,101 2,040 2,139 2,059

Average per Layer 2/

246

245

244

246

246

242

243

247

1/ Dec preceding year. 2/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year).

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 13 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Million Eggs--

394

406

444

457

458

438

444

382

404

434

448

445

419

420

361

375

391

406

413

379

381

402

424

454

452

458

450

433

381

395

438

423

435

433

415

374

399

430

424

420

414

413

365

391

407

417

402

392

393

388

409

421

424

427

416

397

388

408

422

417

426

426

408

374

399

407

419

403

418

408

387

430

436

447

420

447

428

388

427

442

442

421

454

427

Annual Total 4,584
1/ Dec preceding year.

4,867

5,126

5,176

5,128

5,086

4,967

2003
443 425 382 433 419 428 407 420 425 411 432 422
5,047

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 14 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Thousands--

10,894

11,209

11,428

11,916

11,900

11,837

12,112

11,385

10,736

11,330

11,371

12,056

11,906

11,644

11,994

11,286

10,854

11,240

11,618

12,171

12,063

11,540

11,560

11,383

10,943

11,181

11,828

11,608

12,170

12,008

10,964

11,387

10,741

11,055

11,704

11,234

11,682

11,992

10,887

11,113

10,316

10,805

11,724

11,282

11,293

11,285

10,299

11,089

10,123

10,731

12,071

11,277

11,587

11,162

10,255

11,096

10,474

10,891

12,041

11,074

11,987

11,298

10,608

11,053

10,690

11,048

11,873

11,042

11,843

11,370

10,704

11,058

10,648

11,388

11,815

11,434

11,715

11,729

10,980

11,099

10,867

11,712

12,108

11,773

11,906

12,105

11,079

11,238

11,100

11,663

12,218

11,861

11,878

12,387

11,180

11,516

Average

10,669

1/ Dec preceding year.

11,188

11,817

11,561

11,828

11,696

11,052

11,225

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 15 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Number--

2,220

2,238

2,363

2,299

2,319

2,222

2,188

2,130

2,161

2,269

2,206

2,226

2,104

2,026

2,001

2,002

1,997

1,980

2,031

1,906

1,920

2,248

2,269

2,308

2,309

2,286

2,240

2,326

2,124

2,112

2,230

2,172

2,200

2,143

2,204

2,114

2,161

2,149

2,101

2,099

2,065

2,214

2,133

2,127

1,972

2,057

1,985

1,953

2,087

2,232

2,213

2,051

2,122

2,077

2,124

2,036

2,189

2,186

2,080

2,119

2,119

2,216

2,149

2,124

2,073

2,023

2,116

2,032

2,106

2,158

2,182

2,213

2,156

2,217

2,066

2,214

2,247

2,163

2,238

2,185

2,217

2,122

2,252

2,272

2003
2,372 2,242 1,985 2,275 2,223 2,254 2,118 2,226 2,279 2,207 2,305 2,223

Average per Layer 2/

259

260

258

259

255

256

258

267

1/ Dec preceding year. 2/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year).

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 16 EGG PRODUCTION--TABLE EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Million Eggs--

249

242

270

230

229

258

199

217

232

274

276

263

265

266

265

245

243

241

245

220

222

234

246

273

227

228

261

268

276

269

255

244

257

257

240

216

218

252

199

216

238

206

234

247

237

237

233

228

232

230

218

214

235

249

240

216

212

234

247

211

226

239

229

237

261

233

240

267

234

251

252

230

242

238

247

237

261

246

268

249

263

252

279

254

Annual Total

2,645

1/ Dec preceding year.

2,767

3,045

2,997

3,022

2,991

2,853

2003
270 253 226 259 247 250 235 246 252 245 259 256
2,998

TABLE 17 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003 1/

Month

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Thousands--

Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

7,950 8,000 8,087 8,019 7,968 7,909 7,939 7,973 7,917 7,793 7,672 7,916

8,161 8,359 8,588 8,767 8,890 8,818 8,718 8,677 8,675 8,763 8,870 8,910

9,011 9,177 9,226 9,371 9,479 9,240 9,055 9,090 9,149 9,159 9,230 9,431

9,513 9,508 9,540 9,642 9,703 9,588 9,699 9,676 9,359 9,270 9,273 9,204

9,161 9,112 9,122 9,246 9,310 9,161 8,939 9,045 8,933 8,690 8,776 8,899

8,938 9,042 9,209 9,377 9,511 9,472 9,330 9,160 9,141 9,395 9,556 9,443

9,377 9,397 9,368 9,456 9,551 9,669 9,718 9,516 9,301 9,257 9,251 9,197

9,130 9,107 9,247 9,347 9,403 9,464 9,458 9,284 9,172 9,046 8,962 8,983

Average

7,929

8,683

9,217

9,498

9,033

1/ Hatching egg flocks used principally for hatchery broiler chicks. 2/ Dec preceding year.

9,298

9,422

9,217

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 18 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Number--

1,912 1,913 1,781 1,945 1,920 1,972 1,877 1,932 1,945 1,899 1,955 1,870

1,899 1,902 1,747 1,939 1,822 1,883 1,870 1,936 1,914 1,860 1,928 1,863

1,931 1,918 1,713 1,931 1,867 1,926 1,866 1,914 1,913 1,834 1,896 1,856

1,924 1,914 1,730 1,908 1,845 1,953 1,907 1,953 1,955 1,909 2,006 1,945

1,987 1,975 1,842 1,968 1,912 1,998 1,924 1,968 1,959 1,899 1,983 1,899

1,958 1,924 1,727 1,930 1,850 1,911 1,865 1,921 1,904 1,820 1,873 1,853

1,909 1,884 1,697 1,882 1,832 1,913 1,842 1,902 1,914 1,847 1,935 1,881

1,895 1,889 1,687 1,862 1,829 1,881 1,819 1,874 1,886 1,835 1,930 1,848

Average per Layer 2/

229

226

226

229

232

225

224

222

1/ Dec preceding year. 2/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year).

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 19 EGG PRODUCTION--HATCHING EGG FLOCKS, GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Million Eggs--

152

155

174

183

182

175

179

153

159

176

182

180

174

177

144

150

159

165

168

159

159

156

170

181

184

182

181

178

153

162

177

179

178

176

175

156

166

178

187

183

181

185

149

163

169

185

172

174

179

154

168

174

189

178

176

181

154

166

175

183

175

174

178

148

163

168

177

165

171

171

150

171

175

186

174

179

179

148

166

175

179

169

175

173

Annual Total

1,817

1/ Dec preceding year.

1,959

2,081

2,179

2,106

2,095

2,114

2003
173 172 156 174 172 178 172 174 173 166 173 166
2,049

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 20 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Cents per Dozen--

92.8

101.5

96.6

97.0

83.5

99.1

80.6

93.3

90.0

92.9

90.6

81.5

90.3

89.5

92.0

92.2

87.4

88.7

91.3

90.3

81.8

94.9

88.3

90.3

90.7

80.1

90.5

91.4

91.3

84.8

84.3

85.3

88.6

90.4

80.9

87.0

84.9

80.7

85.6

82.3

85.4

83.2

87.9

81.7

84.4

84.9

89.4

84.2

90.9

86.7

84.4

82.8

89.0

83.1

81.8

86.9

90.9

85.3

87.8

89.4

91.1

81.5

88.6

91.7

88.7

87.3

84.2

85.3

80.9

83.6

90.4

83.7

88.6

80.8

92.6

83.2

81.9

94.2

96.1

92.5

88.7

93.7

84.3

93.6

Weighted Average
1/ Dec preceding year.

91.1

88.5

88.0

87.9

86.8

86.8

86.1

2003
88.9 91.1 88.1 89.2 91.7 85.1 90.9 91.5 98.2 97.3 102.4 114.3
94.1

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 21 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR TABLE EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Cents per Dozen--

69.4

82.6

68.7

61.6

39.7

65.2

33.7

68.7

62.7

60.7

49.9

35.0

47.9

45.4

65.5

65.7

51.4

46.7

51.2

47.1

32.9

71.3

59.0

57.4

50.0

34.0

50.5

50.5

64.0

52.0

46.6

37.8

46.1

49.6

30.6

54.8

51.4

38.8

34.7

30.0

35.3

29.0

57.5

45.7

44.9

33.0

44.0

31.6

41.4

56.9

51.3

42.5

39.9

35.3

31.7

34.0

63.8

53.2

50.8

42.0

50.1

34.2

41.0

65.3

58.8

50.3

36.0

40.4

33.0

35.7

64.0

51.8

54.1

31.4

52.0

38.6

33.0

70.9

73.2

61.3

46.9

55.9

43.1

54.2

2003
49.8 51.0 45.3 48.4 51.1 38.9 47.7 50.2 62.7 61.6 70.6 91.2

Weighted Average
1/ Dec preceding year.

64.5

59.2

52.5

42.8

42.7

42.6

38.6

55.9

Month
Dec 1/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 22 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Cents per Dozen--

130.0

132.0

140.0

150.0

150.0

150.0

150.0

150.0

130.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0

132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0 132.0

140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 140.0

150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

Weighted Average
1/ Dec preceding year.

132.0

132.0

140.0

150.0

150.0

150.0

150.0

150.0

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 23 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
FIRST OF MONTH--GEORGIA, 1996-2003

Percent Being Molted

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2.0

6.0

6.5

4.0

3.0

2.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.5

5.0

4.0

2.5

1.5

4.0

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.0

1.5

1.0

2.5

1.0

2.0

2.5

7.5

5.0

6.0

5.5

7.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

3.0

9.5

5.5

9.0

6.0

6.0

2.5

5.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

3.5

3.0

5.0

1.5

5.5

6.0

5.0

6.5

5.0

3.5

4.5

5.0

3.5

3.0

4.5

4.0

6.0

9.5

5.0

3.5

7.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

6.5

2.5

1.0

4.0

1.0

4.0

0.0

5.5

1.5

1.0

1.5

0.0

1.5

Percent with Molt Complete

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

20.0

22.5

18.0

17.5

15.5

22.5

13.0

20.5

21.5

17.0

19.0

15.5

20.0

13.0

23.0

22.5

18.0

20.0

15.0

21.0

13.0

22.5

20.0

16.5

17.0

16.0

20.5

13.5

21.5

20.5

13.5

17.5

15.5

18.5

11.5

21.5

20.5

14.0

15.5

13.5

16.5

14.0

24.0

22.0

16.5

16.5

16.5

18.0

15.5

22.0

22.5

16.0

14.5

18.5

16.0

14.5

24.5

22.0

19.0

17.0

21.0

15.5

15.0

22.5

19.5

18.5

17.0

21.5

13.5

17.0

25.0

18.5

21.0

16.0

21.5

15.0

16.0

24.0

16.5

19.0

13.5

22.5

16.0

17.0

2003 3.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 4.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 3.5 3.5 1.0 0.5
2003 18.5 16.5 16.0 17.0 14.5 13.5 14.5 15.5 18.0 17.5 18.5 17.5

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 24 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--GEORGIA, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Young Chickens

--Thousands--

92,462

96,333

94,535

94,574

92,800

98,541

105,158

108,550

86,665

88,362

87,814

90,500

93,152

89,693

94,304

90,702

86,507

88,516

94,959

102,421

101,920

99,260

98,715

98,252

85,898

96,133

95,803

97,788

91,508

95,722

106,496

102,389

95,582

96,684

92,024

96,449

104,311

106,300

108,173

103,584

85,740

91,206

95,492

102,859

101,788

100,581

96,648

102,178

95,275

97,319

100,692

100,902

92,961

104,147

109,104

108,293

96,873

96,233

95,695

101,196

106,019

112,436

109,843

104,516

87,708

92,676

97,958

96,617

89,451

93,433

99,215

108,755

99,933

103,460

98,501

94,396

95,706

110,675

113,094

114,258

81,612

82,650

85,520

92,771

93,226

101,289

94,917

89,376

86,255

91,992

97,553

92,261

88,430

92,719

100,186

103,141

Annual Total 1,080,510 1,121,564 1,136,546 1,162,734 1,151,272 1,204,796 1,235,853 1,233,994

State
Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut

TABLE 25

NUMBER OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1996-2003 1/

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--1,000 Head--

15,445 16,091

16,068

16,132

15,647 15,903

15,256

22,881 23,145

23,500

25,773

23,145 23,366

22,787

29,800 30,500

29,993

31,248

30,170 29,270

28,218

4,080

4,718

4,597

4,479

4,170

4,210

4,780

4,432

4,309

3,959

3,991

3,945

3,748

3,793

2003
14,425 23,321 25,981
5,100 3,745

Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho

652 11,499 27,650
876 1,321

685 12,972 29,910
863 1,228

495 13,141 31,126
747 1,256

1,780 12,842 30,017
721 1,301

1,576 13,023 29,805
722 1,241

1,332 13,123 31,173
659 1,225

1,629 13,012 30,296
625 1,245

2/ 13,298 29,508
600 1,177

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana

3,532 25,448 26,502
4,050 2,610

4,056 27,189 27,965
4,700 2,520

3,484 29,357 31,266
5,300 2,650

4,124 29,607 34,078
5,650 2,630

4,048 28,741 38,575
5,800 2,580

4,136 28,958 42,858
5,600 2,700

4,002 29,098 46,990
6,195 2,560

4,232 28,865 50,882
7,156 2,590

Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan

7,073 4,389
773 6,320

6,900 4,115
704 6,190

6,817 4,603
494 7,054

6,234 4,768
419 8,097

5,652 4,631
357 7,906

5,607 4,424
357 8,225

5,790 4,420
352 8,321

5,473 3,769
280 9,731

Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska

14,995 10,734
8,350 470
11,493

14,730 11,073
9,445 405
12,126

15,575 11,009
8,810 380
13,219

16,625 11,076
8,443 410
13,846

15,815 10,295
8,225 460
13,895

15,803 10,388
8,662 480
13,704

15,005 10,814
8,755 480
13,747

14,600 10,984
8,280 485
14,223

New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio

247 1,946 4,400 17,281 33,860

218 2,128 4,500 17,175 34,798

215 2,097 4,700 17,220 39,010

248 2,237 5,000 17,135 40,438

262 2,337 5,600 17,759 35,832

262 2,346 4,730 18,121 38,009

278 2,158 4,992 17,042 37,883

219 2,134 4,715 17,450 37,663

Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota

5,040 3,350 26,315 5,940 2,345

5,605 3,591 27,670 5,670 2,550

5,380 3,476 28,454 5,599 2,645

5,310 3,714 27,885 5,961 2,440

5,320 3,703 30,619 6,946 2,530

5,395 3,704 29,328 6,946 2,777

5,740 3,400 29,257 6,598 2,677

5,654 3,591 29,408 6,778 3,710

Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia

1,600 21,300
2,044 197
4,648

2,036 22,700
2,138 203
4,660

2,255 24,400
2,196 246
5,143

2,155 24,400
2,884 274
4,641

2,210 25,360
3,828 246
4,553

2,250 26,101
4,015 234
4,554

2,200 25,506
3,853 228
4,573

2,260 25,984
3,894 199
4,509

Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

6,937 1,780 4,693
2/

6,867 1,790 5,025
2/

6,969 1,856 4,615
17

6,233 2,170 5,437
17

6,721 1,859 5,823
17

6,372 1,953 6,100
17

6,484 2,066 5,600
17

6,230 2,060 5,500
17

Other States 2/

2,069

2,115

3,962

4,533

4,891

4,974

5,129

8,068

United States 3/

392,737 410,030

425,355

437,403

436,840 444,099

443,851 448,748

1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, RI, and WY combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

TABLE 26

TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS, BY STATES--DECEMBER 1, 1996-2003 1/

State

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Thousand Dollars--

Alabama

71,047

82,064

85,160

87,113

82,929

77,925

54,922

Arkansas

112,117 115,725 119,850 131,442

99,524 102,810 107,099

California

65,560

67,100

62,985

56,246

63,357

58,540

53,614

Colorado

8,568

10,380

11,033

12,093

10,008

7,999

9,560

Connecticut

10,637

9,911

9,106

8,381

8,679

7,871

8,724

2003
60,585 97,822 45,969
9,690 9,737

Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho

3,064 22,998 96,775
2,278 3,170

3,151 31,133 98,703
2,158 2,702

1,980 30,224 102,716
1,868 2,386

4,628 29,537 102,058
1,658 2,602

6,619 29,953 104,318
1,444 2,482

4,795 26,246 99,754
1,384 2,573

4,724 24,723 103,006
1,063 2,241

2/ 25,266 103,278
1,020 2,001

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana

6,004 40,717 42,403
8,910 6,264

6,895 46,221 44,744 10,810
6,048

5,574 46,971 46,899 11,660
6,625

6,598 44,411 51,117 14,690
7,364

6,882 28,454 50,148 16,240
7,482

4,550 37,645 47,144 15,680
8,100

5,603 32,008 65,786 19,824
7,424

5,078 40,411 81,411 26,477
9,065

Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota

14,853 10,095
1,701 9,480 22,493

16,560 8,230 1,549 9,904
27,987

16,361 7,825 1,087 9,876
28,035

13,715 9,536 1,131
12,146 28,263

13,000 16,209
1,071 14,231 28,467

11,775 13,714
964 13,983 25,285

12,738 11,492
1,091 14,146 19,507

13,683 12,061
896 27,247 20,440

Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire

51,523 20,875
1,504 24,135
593

56,472 26,446
1,296 25,465
523

61,650 25,549
1,102 27,760
559

56,488 24,485
1,189 23,538
744

55,593 20,563
1,380 25,011
838

50,901 19,923
1,440 24,667
838

52,989 20,137
1,488 24,745
917

52,723 18,216
1,504 25,601
832

New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma

4,865 8,360 79,493 67,720 21,168

5,320 8,100 79,005 69,596 25,783

6,291 7,990 79,212 78,020 23,134

3,132 7,000 85,675 76,832 28,674

4,440 7,840 71,036 53,748 20,748

2,581 7,095 90,605 57,014 22,659

2,158 7,987 81,802 49,248 28,126

2,347 8,959 78,525 56,495 22,616

Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

7,035 44,736 17,226
5,159 7,040

6,464 47,039 17,010
5,610 9,773

6,604 48,372 14,557
5,555 11,050

5,200 50,193 16,095
5,368 12,499

5,184 48,990 15,281
5,060 13,260

5,556 46,925 15,281
5,276 13,500

7,480 52,663 17,815
4,819 13,420

7,182 55,875 20,334
9,275 13,786

Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington

55,380 3,066 591
21,846 12,487

59,020 3,421 589
22,368 13,047

68,320 3,514 640
24,686 13,938

68,320 4,038 658
21,349 10,596

55,792 6,890 640
19,123 12,770

65,253 5,220 585
20,493 14,656

56,113 6,550 570
21,950 15,562

62,362 8,956 577
20,291 15,575

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

8,722 10,325
36

9,487 11,558
36

10,022 9,692 36

11,501 10,874
34

8,923 11,646
48

8,593 13,420
56

9,710 11,200
56

9,682 9,900
56

Other States 3/

586

624

6,567

7,277

7,870

8,061

8,516

14,498

United States 4/

1,039,071 1,113,183 1,143,041 1,156,488 1,064,171 1,069,335 1,055,316 1,108,304

1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ KS, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

TABLE 27 HATCHERY CAPACITY: CHICKEN AND TURKEY HATCHERIES AND EGG CAPACITY
BY REGION AND UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 2003 AND 2004 1/

Hatcheries

Egg Capacity

Geographic Region 2/

2003

2004

2003

2004

--Number--

--1,000--

Chicken Hatcheries

Georgia North Atlantic E North Central W North Central South Atlantic South Central West

36

33

108,364

108,811

24

25

26,256

23,025

24

26

24,615

22,320

35

33

52,419

51,522

93

90

301,274

293,982

116

117

417,114

393,986

25

25

39,438

44,607

US

317

316

861,116

829,442

E North Central

9

W North Central

19

N & S Atlantic Combined

20

South Central

3

West

7

Turkey Hatcheries

9

5,628

18

15,018

20

15,415

3

2,434

6

7,021

5,734 14,973 15,534
2,434 6,321

US

58

56

45,516

44,996

1/ Hatchery capacity is defined as the number of eggs the machines can hold in a controlled environment favorable for hatching. All setter, hatcher, and inactive capacities are included. 2/ Regional Listing: North Atlantic: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic: DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV. South Central: AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX. West: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY.

Value of Production Broilers, Chickens & Eggs, and Turkeys
United States, 2003
Billion Dollars
Turkeys $2.7

Chickens & Eggs $5.4

Broilers $15.2

Broilers 65.3% Chickens & Eggs 23.1%
Turkeys 11.6%

Number Produced

TABLE 28 POULTRY--PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, 1996-2003 1/

Unit

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Commercial Broilers

Thousands 7,596,760 7,764,200 7,934,260 8,146,410 8,283,700 8,389,770 8,591,080

2003 8,492,850

Pounds Produced Thousands 34,479,100 37,540,750 38,557,400 40,829,000 41,626,100 42,452,400 44,058,700 43,958,200

Price per Pound 2/

Cents

38.1

37.7

39.3

37.1

33.6

39.3

30.5

34.6

Value of Production 3/ Thous Dol 13,903,479 14,158,926 15,146,560 15,128,509 13,989,424 16,696,089 13,437,345 15,214,947

Number Sold
Pounds Sold
Price per Pound
Value of Sales

Unit
Thousands Thousands Thousands Thous Dol

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Mature Chickens

2001

2002

2003

174,299 190,986 200,286 214,063 218,411 202,482 199,931 188,168

900,652 925,499 977,060 1,059,153 1,112,604 1,032,115 1,039,118 976,214

6.6

7.7

8.1

7.1

5.7

4.5

4.8

4.8

59,187 71,461

79,987 75,217

63,988 47,249 49,931

47,679

Unit

Number Raised

Thousands

Pounds Produced Thousands

Price per Pound 4/

Cents

Value of Production Thous Dol

1996

1997

302,713 301,251

7,222,834 7,225,059

43.0

40.0

3,124,496 2,884,377

1998

1999

2000

Turkeys

2001

2002

285,603 270,192 270,466 272,660 275,477

7,061,925 6,877,399 6,959,833 7,173,111 7,494,861

38.0

40.8

40.6

39.0

36.5

2,683,473 2,806,630 2,828,489 2,796,821 2,732,481

2003
274,348 7,549,333
36.0 2,720,180

Unit

Average Numbers Layers

Thousands

Eggs per Layer Number

Total Eggs Produced Millions

Price per Dozen Cents

Value of Production Thous Dol

1996

1997

297,958 303,604

256

255

76,377 77,532

75.0

70.3

4,776,252 4,539,929

1998

1999

2000

Layers and Eggs

2001

2002

312,315 323,251 329,067 336,330 339,293

255

257

257

256

257

79,777 82,946

84,717 86,093 87,252

66.8

62.1

61.7

62.2

58.9

4,441,139 4,292,371 4,358,648 4,460,701 4,284,930

2003
337,262 259
87,196 73.1
5,315,311

Unit

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

All Poultry 5/

Total Value of Production

Thous Dol

21,863,414 21,654,693 22,351,159 22,302,727 21,240,549 24,000,860 20,504,687 23,298,117

1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year, except turkeys based on Sep 1 - Aug 31 hatch. 2/ Live weight equivalent price. 3/ Excludes states which produce less than 500,000 broilers. 4/ CT, DE, MD, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ, ND, OH, PA, SD, and VT are actual live weight prices. All Other States' prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 5/ Includes commercial broilers, mature chickens, turkeys, and eggs.

Million Layers 345
2003
340
2002
335
2001
330

Average Number of Layers United States, 2001 - 2003

325

320

Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Month

Value of Production Broilers, Chickens, Eggs, Turkeys, and Total
United States, 1996-2003

Billion Dollars 25
20

Total

Broilers
15

10

5
0 1996

1997

1998

1999 2000 Year

2001

Eggs Turkeys Chickens
2002 2003

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 29

BROILER EGGS SET--SELECTED STATES,1/ WEEKLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Millions--

168.7 167.1 168.3 165.0 165.8

170.7 168.9 167.0 168.9 170.9

171.8 172.5 172.0 170.4 168.6

178.7 178.3 177.3 175.7 176.8

182.1 182.6 181.5 182.5 180.0

180.6 181.4 181.1 179.2 179.5

207.3 204.9 205.6 207.2 209.0

2003
203.9 203.5 202.5 204.6 203.7

6

166.4

172.9

170.4

178.8

179.3

182.0

208.3

203.0

7

168.4

173.7

174.7

180.5

179.1

183.5

210.5

202.6

8

168.4

173.4

174.5

181.7

181.1

186.1

211.4

204.8

9

168.0

173.9

176.2

181.4

184.3

187.5

210.6

206.5

10

167.1

174.2

175.7

184.0

185.1

186.7

210.6

207.6

11

165.2

172.5

175.3

183.4

185.7

186.6

208.5

205.1

12

165.0

172.5

174.2

181.6

185.4

186.0

209.0

206.4

13

163.9

169.9

175.3

182.9

185.7

184.5

208.0

205.1

14

167.1

174.5

176.5

181.9

185.5

210.5

212.7

210.1

15

167.5

174.8

177.2

183.7

188.8

209.2

211.7

209.3

16

166.6

174.8

175.0

183.4

188.3

208.0

211.2

208.9

17

165.5

174.3

176.7

183.4

186.5

207.6

210.2

208.0

18

164.1

172.9

177.0

183.3

186.5

208.1

209.8

209.2

19

167.5

175.0

177.3

182.8

183.7

210.7

211.2

206.7

20

166.9

175.9

177.7

184.3

185.9

210.7

213.4

210.1

21

166.6

175.4

177.2

183.5

186.5

211.4

213.0

211.2

22

166.8

176.3

178.1

184.6

185.4

210.3

212.3

210.1

23

167.5

176.2

178.3

183.8

186.5

209.5

212.3

211.1

24

167.8

175.1

179.2

185.4

185.8

209.1

210.9

209.4

25

166.3

175.2

177.7

183.3

183.3

204.0

207.6

207.1

26

160.7

170.0

176.9

180.4

180.3

202.6

204.5

201.9

27

161.1

171.4

172.1

179.7

174.9

202.6

206.9

205.4

28

167.0

172.6

174.8

179.2

175.5

207.1

209.2

204.9

29

167.0

174.2

176.1

182.7

178.8

208.2

209.2

208.3

30

166.6

172.5

175.4

181.7

178.5

204.3

208.0

207.4

31

167.0

171.9

174.3

179.8

178.9

206.9

209.0

206.6

32

166.3

172.5

174.8

179.9

178.9

204.6

205.5

206.7

33

166.3

172.5

174.8

178.5

177.7

207.2

206.1

205.4

34

167.1

173.4

176.0

180.4

180.3

207.3

204.8

206.0

35

166.2

171.8

176.0

179.3

178.6

204.6

204.0

203.1

36

164.1

170.7

173.4

175.5

176.2

198.1

203.5

200.7

37

159.2

162.8

168.1

165.9

169.6

194.7

191.8

195.1

38

155.5

164.0

166.9

168.8

168.9

199.9

189.7

193.3

39

157.4

163.0

167.7

166.9

167.9

201.7

191.9

195.9

40

163.7

170.7

173.8

175.4

175.1

205.6

193.1

195.0

41

157.2

165.1

170.5

168.7

177.1

197.1

192.1

196.6

42

155.0

159.1

166.8

164.2

171.8

190.1

185.7

187.6

43

151.0

157.3

164.3

164.7

165.2

186.9

181.1

190.1

44

159.0

162.7

172.0

169.3

161.4

196.6

189.8

192.3

45

166.6

169.5

174.3

172.8

169.5

205.1

197.8

201.1

46

167.4

172.0

180.4

179.2

179.1

206.0

199.0

205.4

47

167.9

171.8

180.0

178.7

179.3

205.8

200.5

204.5

48

169.9

174.2

180.2

180.5

182.4

212.2

202.5

209.0

49

168.5

171.4

175.9

180.5

182.2

204.7

200.0

204.7

50

169.5

170.8

180.7

180.8

178.0

207.4

203.2

207.3

51

170.1

171.7

180.2

181.4

181.3

209.2

200.0

205.5

52

171.3

170.5

179.7

181.2

181.3

207.6

201.0

205.9

53

177.8

Total

8,596.2

8,903.0

9,085.3

9,304.0

9,351.6 10,377.9 10,637.2 2/3/ 10,616.5

1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. 2/ Beginning April 7, 2002, KY, OK, LA, and MO were added. 3/ Revised.

Week Number
1 2 3 4 5

TABLE 30

BROILER CHICKS PLACED--SELECTED STATES,1/ WEEKLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Millions--

136.0 135.4 136.2 135.8 134.4

136.5 136.9 138.0 137.8 137.3

137.2 136.9 136.2 138.7 137.1

142.1 144.8 142.1 143.1 141.2

143.9 145.0 145.2 145.7 146.7

143.2 144.7 143.5 144.6 145.8

169.4 169.3 168.5 168.3 165.4

2003
164.9 162.4 163.7 166.4 166.3

6

134.0

134.2

138.1

139.9

145.1

143.9

165.3

165.3

7

132.2

136.7

137.1

139.8

146.5

142.4

167.6

167.2

8

132.6

136.7

134.9

142.0

143.5

143.2

170.3

165.7

9

133.3

140.0

137.8

142.9

142.8

145.1

170.0

165.3

10

134.9

139.0

140.8

144.3

142.1

147.8

171.4

165.4

11

137.0

140.7

139.5

146.3

143.3

150.4

171.7

167.5

12

135.7

141.8

142.5

146.3

148.6

152.2

171.1

169.4

13

135.3

141.8

142.0

146.5

148.6

151.7

170.7

169.7

14

133.2

141.0

141.0

146.5

149.7

166.7

168.7

168.0

15

133.6

140.1

140.8

143.1

147.6

168.0

169.8

169.2

16

131.5

137.5

140.2

145.8

148.3

166.7

168.9

168.2

17

134.8

140.3

142.6

144.7

148.9

170.3

172.8

172.1

18

136.2

141.1

143.4

147.2

151.4

169.2

172.6

172.4

19

136.3

140.3

141.4

146.1

150.8

169.4

172.1

171.8

20

134.9

140.9

142.3

147.3

150.1

169.0

171.0

171.0

21

132.7

139.8

142.4

146.7

149.9

168.6

171.3

172.1

22

135.6

141.2

142.7

146.5

148.4

171.4

172.4

170.3

23

136.6

142.5

142.6

147.9

149.5

171.6

174.1

173.0

24

134.3

142.4

142.7

146.9

149.0

173.3

173.3

174.0

25

135.2

141.5

143.2

148.6

148.4

170.5

172.8

172.6

26

135.8

142.4

143.6

148.0

150.4

170.0

172.5

172.4

27

137.1

140.9

143.4

147.2

149.9

169.8

168.9

171.6

28

134.5

141.0

142.1

146.8

147.1

165.4

169.0

169.5

29

128.7

136.0

140.2

145.2

144.5

164.1

166.5

165.5

30

129.8

138.1

136.0

143.3

140.8

164.6

167.7

167.9

31

134.3

138.5

138.5

142.0

140.9

167.4

169.9

167.6

32

133.6

140.2

139.0

145.0

142.1

168.2

168.5

170.1

33

133.8

137.7

139.9

144.8

142.3

165.1

168.3

169.5

34

133.9

136.9

137.6

142.5

142.2

167.4

168.8

169.3

35

134.6

137.2

138.4

140.6

144.6

165.4

166.5

169.3

36

133.7

138.0

138.4

140.2

141.9

167.1

167.1

168.2

37

135.0

137.9

139.9

140.4

144.5

167.5

166.3

168.8

38

134.7

138.0

138.7

141.0

142.8

166.1

165.5

165.8

39

132.5

136.9

136.4

140.0

140.9

160.6

165.2

163.1

40

126.3

129.8

132.3

132.2

136.9

156.7

156.2

158.9

41

124.4

131.4

130.8

133.1

136.6

162.7

154.3

157.6

42

126.4

130.3

131.2

132.6

135.8

163.8

155.8

160.3

43

131.3

137.0

138.0

138.6

141.3

166.6

157.6

159.0

44

127.0

132.3

135.6

134.1

140.8

160.1

155.8

160.1

45

124.7

126.8

132.5

130.6

137.6

153.6

151.4

153.6

46

120.5

125.8

129.7

130.4

131.9

151.1

147.6

155.1

47

127.5

130.3

135.7

135.0

129.6

158.4

154.9

156.6

48

134.8

136.1

136.7

138.8

135.8

165.9

161.8

164.6

49

135.1

137.4

142.4

142.4

144.3

167.1

161.6

167.6

50

134.8

137.6

142.3

143.1

143.9

166.7

162.9

166.6

51

136.8

141.7

143.7

144.6

145.2

171.7

165.1

170.4

52

135.8

137.9

139.3

144.3

145.2

166.1

163.2

168.2

53

139.8

Total

6,925.0

7,160.0

7,226.5

7,407.1

7,495.0

8,372.4

8,660.9 2/3/ 8,670.8

1/ The 15 State total includes AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV. 2/ Beginning April 7, 2002, KY, OK, LA, and MO were added 3/ Revised.

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Total

TABLE 31 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Thousands--

5,491 5,917 6,100

6,397 5,916 6,443

6,765 6,328 6,776

7,059 6,882 7,284

6,861 7,001 7,310

6,685 6,748 6,752

6,264 7,275 6,775

6,269 6,659 7,038

6,751

6,036

6,687

7,038

6,764

6,398

6,814

6,735

6,780

7,062

7,062

7,736

7,435

7,117

7,597

7,323

6,175

6,008

6,932

7,041

6,829

6,822

7,206

6,748

6,034

7,167

6,788

7,088

6,310

6,326

6,602

7,071

6,515

6,697

7,109

7,665

7,288

7,494

7,449

7,401

6,170 6,225

6,502 6,254

7,328 6,883

6,870 7,121

6,469 6,694

6,647 6,704

6,676 6,265

6,654 6,312

6,514

6,347

7,312

6,984

7,105

7,261

6,938

6,946

5,951

6,252

6,904

6,999

6,429

6,577

6,475

6,978

74,623

77,081

82,874

85,767

82,495

81,531

82,336

82,134

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1996
690.0 645.6 692.3 668.4 700.6 672.2 679.8 690.8 659.0 653.5 631.4 694.7

TABLE 32 BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

--Millions--

700.0

711.4

735.8

753.9

746.0

777.0

634.3 718.4 693.7

645.2 730.3 708.3

662.6 755.8 734.7

706.6 761.8 749.1

683.3 778.8 755.5

703.3 791.1 765.5

724.7

739.3

766.4

777.6

785.7

799.3

704.2

718.0

744.4

750.5

766.5

776.3

710.6

722.7

751.6

742.8

769.4

781.7

708.6

715.7

741.7

744.0

771.6

780.0

684.2

695.3

700.0

704.9

738.4

740.4

683.2 648.1

693.2 674.9

697.4 676.8

721.2 685.0

748.3 703.4

720.6 690.1

711.8

737.8

748.2

749.0

774.5

753.9

Total 1/ 8,078.2

8,321.6

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

8,491.9

8,715.4

8,846.2

9,021.1

9,079.1

2003
759.7 693.5 774.4 760.6 792.8 774.7 777.8 784.0 739.5 735.0 707.6 780.1
9,079.7

Month
Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 33 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003 1/

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

--Cents per Pound--

36.2

40.7

32.4

38.5

36.0

35.0

37.2

39.0

33.6

38.0

33.0

34.0

35.3

37.7

34.3

36.4

30.0

37.0

34.1

36.9

35.4

35.0

32.0

39.0

34.9

36.7

36.4

35.4

34.0

39.0

37.8

36.8

37.5

38.0

34.0

40.0

40.6

37.4

40.6

38.7

34.0

41.0

40.5

40.0

44.0

38.0

35.0

42.0

40.3

39.9

46.8

37.2

33.0

42.0

40.2

38.2

45.9

35.9

38.0

43.0

39.5

34.7

43.4

34.3

35.0

41.0

40.4

33.7

41.3

38.0

38.0

39.0

Marketing Year Average 38.1

37.7

1/ Equivalent live weight price. 2/ Dec preceding year.

39.3

37.1

33.6

39.3

2002
32.0 33.0 32.0 30.0 28.0 30.0 32.0 30.0 29.0 29.0 27.0 28.0
30.5

2003
29.0 35.0 34.0 33.0 31.0 34.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 37.0 37.0 37.0
34.6

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Total

TABLE 34 DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS--PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Thousands--

219

208

189

166

212

236

228

210

238

222

250

267

251

214

247

225

317

209

225

257

286

284

237

319

252

316

333

287

309

311

295

280

291

273

192

283

343

315

319

289

282

254

354

187

235

261

221

309

266

207

298

231

293

340

282

230

186

285

185

318

217

251

221

188

231

402

324

227

233

219

277

273

233

256

358

280

241

150

186

310

210

129

217

262

308

261

227

319

215

207

183

175

245

206

187

246

2,940

2,968

3,108

2,940

3,173

3,048

2,927

3,198

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1996
31.6 34.6 36.9 35.7 38.0 33.0 31.9 31.8 31.9 32.3 30.9 32.9

TABLE 35 EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED--BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES,
UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 1/

--Millions--

33.8

37.2

35.7

34.6

37.3

40.6

38.8

39.1

39.0

39.2

36.8

39.3

33.8

35.6

33.1

33.4

37.1

38.0

35.3

34.7

28.1

31.2

35.8

35.5

35.2

34.2

36.7

35.7

36.4

34.7

37.8

34.5

41.2

38.9

41.0

37.0

42.3

36.7

42.8

38.1

40.7

41.2

42.7

38.8

41.4

37.3

40.8

35.1

34.3

33.2

38.7

35.6

35.5

34.3

35.0

35.7

39.3

36.3

37.1

35.7

39.0

36.1

35.8

32.2

32.8

32.4

32.4

31.2

33.6

35.2

31.9

32.1

Total 2/ 401.6

424.5

438.3

1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

451.7

430.4

452.7

421.5

2003
33.5 30.5 36.8 37.8 37.6 36.6 35.6 33.2 35.8 34.8 30.2 33.6
416.1

Month
Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 36 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS,

UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

--Cents per Dozen--

79.0

85.8

77.9

75.5

75.5

75.0

78.5

72.0

75.2

66.0

69.4

64.4

70.6

60.1

70.2

65.8

73.8

63.3

75.5

69.4

73.6

65.9

81.4

79.7

77.9

75.4

60.2

80.3

74.4

72.3

57.6

66.6

65.6

65.9

67.2

66.4

70.6

68.4

56.7

67.4

64.7

60.1

64.5

64.7

56.5

54.7

51.9

55.0

60.8

56.1

61.6

54.7

59.6

58.6

56.3

53.8

65.7

59.5

66.2

56.3

64.3

57.4

59.0

55.2

67.2

51.8

66.5

59.5

73.0

63.9

71.7

63.9

Marketing Year Average

74.9

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year.

70.3

66.8

62.2

61.8

62.2

2002 1/
58.4 62.4 55.5 67.6 52.1 50.4 62.0 56.4 60.9 57.0 53.2 70.5
58.9

2003
67.6 69.1 63.7 68.4 68.6 58.7 67.2 68.7 80.8 77.6 83.8 102.0
73.1

Month
Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 37 LAYERS--AVERAGE NUMBER IN ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

20021/

--Thousands--

299,345

304,463

311,953

322,457

329,810

333,488 341,243

299,230

304,289

312,016

323,180

329,654

334,982 340,885

298,904

304,000

313,395

323,687

330,956

337,008 339,529

298,853

304,285

314,251

323,642

331,993

338,078 339,434

297,493

303,618

312,067

322,532

330,235

338,414 338,809

295,516

302,241

309,765

321,540

327,356

336,454 337,566

294,837

300,537

309,316

321,471

326,142

334,237 337,339

296,290

299,605

309,077

320,849

326,766

333,571 337,849

297,804

300,211

309,401

321,123

326,974

334,156 338,397

298,582

303,661

311,468

323,257

327,476

336,651 339,511

300,052

306,807

315,332

326,148

329,435

338,996 340,461

302,386

309,670

319,735

329,128

332,005

339,919 340,490

2003
340,316 340,910 340,575 339,885 338,182 336,164 334,789 334,179 334,332 334,198 335,333 338,283

Average

298,274

303,316

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year.

312,315

323,251

329,067

336,330 339,293

337,262

Month
Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 38 EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

20021/

--Number--

2,185

2,199

2,193

2,190

2,213

2,193

2,190

2,142

2,161

2,170

2,165

2,178

2,166

2,144

1,997

1,944

1,951

1,946

2,020

1,944

1,947

2,179

2,177

2,187

2,185

2,186

2,178

2,198

2,106

2,093

2,117

2,110

2,130

2,106

2,110

2,153

2,157

2,153

2,166

2,177

2,161

2,173

2,099

2,094

2,088

2,103

2,093

2,101

2,124

2,181

2,155

2,175

2,158

2,169

2,166

2,191

2,173

2,165

2,164

2,177

2,182

2,171

2,189

2,096

2,096

2,081

2,128

2,100

2,103

2,119

2,172

2,172

2,157

2,193

2,172

2,180

2,192

2,125

2,122

2,109

2,138

2,125

2,130

2,139

2003
2,189 2,168 1,957 2,184 2,125 2,180 2,122 2,215 2,203 2,128 2,218 2,166

Average per Layer 3/

256

255

255

257

257

256

257

259

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year. 3/ Annual rate of lay per layers on hand (eggs produced during year divided by average number of layers during year).

Month
Dec 2/ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

TABLE 39 EGG PRODUCTION--ALL FLOCKS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 1/

--Million Eggs--

6,541

6,696

6,842

7,061

7,300

7,315

7,473

6,409

6,577

6,770

6,998

7,180

7,255

7,307

5,970

5,909

6,113

6,298

6,685

6,551

6,611

6,511

6,625

6,873

7,071

7,257

7,364

7,462

6,264

6,355

6,605

6,807

7,034

7,127

7,149

6,361

6,519

6,668

6,964

7,127

7,270

7,335

6,188

6,292

6,459

6,762

6,825

7,022

7,166

6,462

6,457

6,722

6,924

7,087

7,226

7,402

6,471

6,500

6,696

6,992

7,133

7,254

7,408

6,257

6,366

6,483

6,880

6,878

7,079

7,193

6,518

6,664

6,803

7,152

7,156

7,389

7,463

6,425

6,572

6,743

7,037

7,055

7,241

7,283

Annual Total

76,377

77,532

1/ Revised. 2/ Dec preceding year.

79,777

82,946

84,717

86,093

87,252

2003
7,451 7,390 6,665 7,424 7,187 7,327 7,105 7,403 7,367 7,112 7,439 7,326
87,196

TABLE 40 FORCED MOLT LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
FIRST OF MONTH--30 SELECTED STATES, 1996-2003 1/

Percent Being Molted

Month 1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Jan

3.7

3.8

4.2

4.1

2.8

3.5

4.0

4.3

Feb

5.4

5.1

5.2

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.5

4.3

Mar

3.5

2.5

4.4

3.3

3.6

4.1

3.7

3.4

Apr

1.9

3.1

2.3

2.9

2.1

1.9

3.5

2.2

May

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.5

4.0

5.1

5.5

4.1

Jun

4.7

4.5

4.7

5.2

5.8

4.6

4.3

4.1

Jul

4.0

4.9

3.8

5.5

4.7

4.3

3.7

4.4

Aug

4.7

3.5

3.9

4.7

4.2

4.1

4.7

4.1

Sep

4.3

3.9

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.2

3.9

Oct

4.8

4.7

4.9

4.2

5.8

4.4

4.7

5.2

Nov

3.1

4.2

3.7

3.7

4.1

3.0

3.8

3.5

Dec

2.1

2.8

2.7

2.1

3.0

2.7

2.8

2.5

Percent with Molt Complete

Month 1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Jan

24.4

22.4

21.8

22.3

23.2

24.1

22.7

23.7

Feb

22.4

21.6

21.1

22.1

21.5

22.5

21.9

23.9

Mar

23.5

22.9

21.2

21.5

22.4

23.1

22.1

23.5

Apr

23.0

21.8

22.1

21.6

22.7

23.1

22.0

24.5

May

22.3

20.0

20.1

21.8

22.5

20.8

21.4

23.6

Jun

22.4

20.7

21.5

22.0

20.4

23.4

21.9

23.3

Jul

23.1

21.2

21.5

22.3

21.9

23.6

22.5

23.5

Aug

22.2

22.0

21.5

23.2

21.7

23.2

21.5

23.0

Sep

22.5

21.5

21.7

22.3

22.4

22.7

23.3

22.5

Oct

23.1

22.6

21.8

23.0

22.3

22.7

23.6

22.7

Nov

24.0

22.2

21.6

23.2

23.0

23.1

23.3

23.8

Dec

23.5

24.0

23.7

24.7

26.0

23.8

23.7

22.5

1/ States include AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, and WI.

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

TABLE 41 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY,
MATURE CHICKENS BY WEIGHT GROUP, 2002-2003

2002

2003

All

Heavy

Light

Month

All

Heavy

Light

--Thousands--

--Thousands--

15,785

5,972

9,813

Jan

14,362

6,138

8,224

13,392

5,204

8,188

Feb

12,226

5,410

6,816

13,854

5,476

8,378

Mar

12,559

5,596

6,963

15,488

5,858

9,630

Apr

13,936

5,602

8,334

14,505

6,164

8,341

May

13,093

5,929

7,164

13,305

6,032

7,273

Jun

12,744

6,304

6,440

14,645

6,607

8,038

Jul

12,803

6,961

5,842

14,715

6,991

7,724

Aug

11,685

6,170

5,515

13,843

6,331

7,512

Sep

11,035

5,998

5,037

15,373

6,983

8,390

Oct

12,310

6,328

5,982

11,824

5,813

6,011

Nov

9,387

5,031

4,356

13,130

5,980

7,150

Dec

11,429

5,497

5,932

TABLE 42 POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION--UNITED STATES, MONTHLY, 1996-2003

Month

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

--Million Head--

Young Chickens

Jan

644.1

667.9

668.9

663.7

655.9

710.7

737.8

725.2

Feb

618.6

593.1

607.4

618.4

672.9

627.4

655.6

633.9

Mar

617.6

615.6

653.1

706.1

730.6

700.8

688.6

683.2

Apr

626.2

663.3

661.0

686.9

635.9

675.8

733.1

712.9

May

663.2

667.6

635.7

672.0

751.8

755.6

762.1

727.3

Jun

599.8

640.0

668.3

703.2

733.6

709.1

685.2

714.6

Jul

655.4

670.0

686.2

688.1

662.2

709.4

755.7

762.9

Aug

660.4

655.0

651.0

708.1

760.7

776.2

758.1

723.8

Sep

606.7

648.5

656.1

682.5

658.0

653.3

686.9

729.2

Oct

686.1

703.0

687.7

667.1

706.5

769.5

773.1

781.9

Nov

573.1

564.1

601.1

650.7

662.2

667.5

647.4

626.7

Dec

595.0

647.9

661.1

664.8

630.9

651.0

662.5

715.4

Annual Total 1/ 7,546.3

7,736.0

7,837.7

8,111.6

8,261.1

8,406.3

8,546.2

8,536.9

Jan

14.2

Feb

13.3

Mar

13.2

Apr

14.1

May

13.7

Jun

12.1

Jul

12.7

Aug

11.2

Sep

12.6

Oct

14.5

Nov

9.7

Dec

12.2

Annual Total 1/ 153.6

15.0 12.5 14.0 15.9 15.7 15.2 14.2 12.6 12.5 14.5 11.9 13.6
167.6

14.8 12.7 13.0 16.4 14.7 15.0 15.0 14.2 13.5 13.8 11.1 15.1
169.3

Mature Chickens

15.2

13.8

13.4

13.6

16.2

15.7

15.7

13.4

15.4

15.2

15.3

15.1

14.9

13.2

14.2

15.2

13.7

12.4

14.1

13.2

12.8

12.8

14.7

11.2

175.6

165.0

14.0 12.7 14.3 13.0 13.7 13.5 12.5 14.1 12.3 14.5 12.3 13.1
160.1

15.8 13.4 13.9 15.5 14.5 13.3 14.6 14.7 13.8 15.4 11.8 13.1
169.9

14.4 12.2 12.6 13.9 13.1 12.7 12.8 11.7 11.0 12.3
9.4 11.4
147.6

Jan

658.3

682.8

Feb

632.0

605.5

Mar

630.8

629.6

Apr

640.4

679.2

May

676.9

683.3

Jun

611.9

655.2

Jul

668.1

684.2

Aug

671.5

667.6

Sep

619.3

661.0

Oct

700.7

717.6

Nov

582.8

576.0

Dec

607.2

661.5

Annual Total 1/ 7,699.9

7,903.5

1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.

683.7 620.1 666.2 677.4 650.4 683.3 701.1 665.2 669.6 701.6 612.2 676.2
8,007.0

Total Chickens

678.9 631.8 722.3

669.6 686.5 746.3

702.6

649.2

687.3

767.3

718.5

748.7

703.0

675.5

722.3

775.9

696.2

670.4

681.3

719.7

663.5

674.9

679.5

642.1

8,287.2

8,426.1

724.7 640.1 715.1 688.9 769.4 722.6 721.9 790.3 665.5 784.1 679.9 664.0
8,566.4

753.6 669.0 702.5 748.6 776.6 698.5 770.4 772.8 700.7 788.5 659.2 675.6
8,716.1

739.5 646.1 695.7 726.8 740.4 727.3 775.7 735.5 740.2 794.2 636.1 726.8
8,684.4

TABLE 43 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND POULTRY--SELECTED YEARS, 1999-2003 1/
UNITED STATES

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Red Meat, Retail Weight Basis Beef Pork Lamb Total 2/

Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds

67.5 52.7
1.1 121.3

67.7 51.2
1.1 120.0

66.2 50.2
1.1 117.5

67.6 51.5
1.2 120.3

65.0 51.9
1.1 118.0

Eggs Total 2/

Number

255.6

258.2

252.7

255.5

254.7

Chickens

Commercial Broilers 3/

Pounds

75.3

75.5

76.6

80.5

81.5

Turkey 4/

Pounds

17.6

17.4

17.5

17.7

17.4

Total 2/4/

Pounds

92.9

92.9

94.1

98.2

98.9

1/ Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Situation and Outlook Report, May, 2004. Economic Research Service, USDA. Per capita meat and egg consumption data are revised, incorporating a new population series from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis based on the 2000 Census. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Retail lb. 4/ Ready-to-Cook Basis.