Mississippi Weekly Broiler Report Week Ending: May 19, 2012 Released: May 23, 2012 This report is best using a monospace font. Hatcheries in Mississippi set 17,810,000 eggs for broiler chicks during the week, 2 percent below the set last week, and 4 percent below the set for the corresponding week a year ago. There were 15,047,000 broiler chicks placed in the state, 3 percent below the placements last week, and 2 percent below the placements for the corresponding week a year ago. Cumulative placements for the year total 304,163,000 chicks, 6 percent below this time last year. Broilers: Eggs Set and Chicks Placed, Mississippi, 2011-2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Set : Chicks Placed :------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week : : : : : : : Cumulative Placed Ending: : : 2012/ : : : 2012/ :------------------------- 1/ : 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2011 : 2012 : 2012/ : : : : : : : : : 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- 1,000 --- Percent --- 1,000 --- Percent ----- 1,000 ---- Percent : Jan 7 :18,789 17,573 94 16,131 15,732 98 16,131 15,732 98 Jan 14:18,805 17,102 91 16,168 15,160 94 32,299 30,892 96 Jan 21:18,733 17,587 94 16,247 14,619 90 48,546 45,511 94 Jan 28:18,404 17,662 96 16,190 14,603 90 64,736 60,114 93 Feb 4 :18,965 17,623 93 16,293 14,721 90 81,029 74,835 92 Feb 11:18,376 17,832 97 16,123 15,172 94 97,152 90,007 93 Feb 18:18,873 17,663 94 15,576 15,227 98 112,728 105,234 93 Feb 25:19,064 17,814 93 16,401 15,317 93 129,129 120,551 93 Mar 3 :18,980 17,799 94 15,919 15,599 98 145,048 136,150 94 Mar 10:18,991 17,682 93 16,276 15,328 94 161,324 151,478 94 Mar 17:19,459 17,784 91 16,477 15,447 94 177,801 166,925 94 Mar 24:19,549 17,907 92 16,528 15,207 92 194,329 182,132 94 Mar 31:18,827 17,907 95 16,126 15,136 94 210,455 197,268 94 Apr 7 :18,890 17,878 95 16,533 15,282 92 226,988 212,550 94 Apr 14:18,996 17,717 93 16,548 15,444 93 243,536 227,994 94 Apr 21:18,861 18,068 96 16,061 15,418 96 259,597 243,412 94 Apr 28:18,645 17,404* 93 16,033 15,353 96 275,630 258,765 94 May 5 :18,781 17,731 94 15,589 14,874 95 291,219 273,639 94 May 12:18,749 18,185 97 15,637 15,477 99 306,856 289,116 94 May 19:18,575 17,810 96 15,322 15,047 98 322,178 304,163 94 May 26:18,549 15,809 337,987 Jun 2 :18,512 16,131 354,118 Jun 9 :18,497 15,846 269,964 Jun 16:17,854 15,254 385,218 Jun 23:17,970 15,421 400,639 Jun 30:17,577 15,385 416,024 Jul 7 :17,677 15,130 431,154 Jul 14:17,770 15,470 446,624 Jul 21:17,894 15,163 461,787 Jul 28:17,895 15,105 476,892 Aug 4 :18,039 15,151 492,043 Aug 11:17,916 15,273 507,316 Aug 18:17,788 15,422 522,738 Aug 25:17,078 15,551 538,289 Sep 1 :16,256 15,343 553,632 Sep 8 :17,045 15,372 569,004 Sep 15:17,290 14,303 583,307 Sep 22:16,300 13,998 597,305 Sep 29:15,467 14,621 611,926 Oct 6 :16,012 14,819 626,745 Oct 13:16,290 14,031 640,776 Oct 20:16,426 13,226 654,002 Oct 27:15,749 13,871 667,873 Nov 3 :17,214 14,012 681,885 Nov 10:16,970 14,110 695,995 Nov 17:17,662 13,524 709,519 Nov 24:17,251 14,886 724,405 Dec 1 :17,706 14,537 738,942 Dec 8 :17,577 15,161 754,103 Dec 15:17,814 14,919 769,022 Dec 22:17,743 15,156 784,178 Dec 29:17,240 14,973 799,151 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Week ending dates for 2012. Data for 2011 are for comparable week. * Revised. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 14, : Apr 21, : Apr 28, : May 5, : May 12, : May 19, : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Thousand : Alabama : 27,904 28,211 28,238 28,120 27,795 28,381 Arkansas : 21,233 21,168 21,246 21,684 21,793 21,765 Delaware : 3,550 3,622 3,470 3,620 3,622 3,696 Florida : 1,352 1,347 1,353 1,352 1,353 1,353 Georgia : 32,536 32,220 32,356 32,743 32,771 32,619 Kentucky : 7,668 7,451 7,421 7,659 7,728 7,735 Louisiana : 3,530 3,530 3,440 3,359 3,470 3,455 Maryland : 7,393 7,570 7,628 7,449 7,087 7,200 Mississippi : 17,717 18,068 17,404 17,731 18,185 17,810 Missouri : 7,686 7,711 7,473 7,481 7,687 7,726 : North Carolina : 20,557 20,434 20,139 20,416 20,389 20,426 Oklahoma : 6,688 6,849 6,970 6,712 6,926 6,843 Pennsylvania : 3,934 3,795 3,597 3,610 3,636 3,795 South Carolina : 5,364 5,771 5,437 5,376 5,481 5,462 Texas : 14,808 14,782 14,551 14,696 14,627 14,769 Virginia : 6,166 6,399 6,294 6,290 6,281 6,279 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia : 11,562 11,267 10,972 10,914 11,021 10,731 : 19 State total : 199,648 200,195 197,989 199,212 199,852 200,045 : Previous year total : 208,968 209,132 207,087 207,982 206,342 206,792 : Percent of previous year : 96 96 96 96 97 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 14, : Apr 21, : Apr 28, : May 5, : May 12, : May 19, : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Thousand : Alabama : 20,546 19,877 20,201 20,231 19,775 20,741 Arkansas : 19,564 20,389 19,093 18,848 20,132 19,908 Delaware : 4,647 4,733 4,190 4,350 3,956 4,361 Florida : 1,289 1,202 1,250 1,083 1,328 1,509 Georgia : 25,950 27,592 27,300 28,245 27,482 26,779 Kentucky : 6,097 6,222 6,390 6,035 6,666 5,876 Louisiana : 3,040 3,095 3,084 3,124 3,130 3,075 Maryland : 5,915 6,244 6,677 6,380 6,860 6,377 Mississippi : 15,444 15,418 15,353 14,874 15,477 15,047 Missouri : 5,972 4,894 5,924 5,767 5,113 5,491 : North Carolina : 16,403 16,421 16,189 16,434 16,649 16,278 Oklahoma : 3,662 4,238 4,887 5,067 4,573 4,237 Pennsylvania : 2,927 2,892 3,101 3,138 3,151 3,015 South Carolina : 4,919 4,754 5,350 4,520 4,819 3,779 Texas : 12,733 12,622 12,424 12,242 12,343 12,106 Virginia : 4,824 4,457 4,906 4,604 4,935 5,187 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia : 10,860 11,158 10,597 11,207 10,591 11,493 : 19 State total : 164,792 166,208 166,916 166,149 166,980 165,259 : Previous year total : 173,110 172,008 172,624 172,506 174,014 172,512 : Percent of previous year : 95 97 97 96 96 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------