POULTRY PRODUCTION, DISPOSITION, AND INCOME, 1995-1999 1/


		 	 Unit		      1995	1996	   1997	     1998	1999	
 Eggs								
  Eggs Produced	millions		      916	888	   806	     860	 845	
  Price Per Dozen 2/	 cents		     89.3      96.7	  95.1 	     93.3	88.5	
  Value of Production	 thous. dols.	   68,166    71,558	63,876     66,865     62,319	
								
 Commercial Broilers 3/								
 Number Raised	 thous.  head		  260,100   259,100    259,400    263,300    268,700	
  Pounds Produced	 thous. lbs.	1,196,500 1,243,700  1,219,200	1,263,800  1,316,600	
  Price Per Pound 4/	 cents		     33.5      37.5       36.5	     38.5	36.0	  
  Value of Production 5/ thous. dols.	  400,828   466,388    445,008	  486,563    473,976	
								
 Turkeys								
  Number Raised 6/	 thous. head	  24,500     26,500	26,000	   26,000     24,000	
  Pounds Produced	 thous. lbs.   4,460,600    514,100    504,400	  533,000    525,600	
  Price Per Pound 7/	 cents		    45.0       43.0       39.0	     39.0	42.0	
  Value of Production 5/ thous. dols.	 202,270    221,063    196,716	  207,870    220,752	
								
Chickens 8/								
  Number Sold 	 	thous. head        3,177      2,620	 3,210	    2,867      3,182	
  Pounds Sold	 	thous. lbs.	  16,203     15,458	14,766     17,775     19,728	
  Price Per Pound	 tents	            10.3       11.1	  11.0	      7.0	 8.0	
  Value of Production 5/thous. dols.       1,669      1,716      1,624	    1,244      1,578	

1/ Annual estimates cover the period from Dec. 1 the previous year through Nov. 30
2/ Average of all eggs sold by producers, including hatching eggs
3/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds.
4/ Price per pound-liveweight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC)
    prices using the following formulas; RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing 
    percentage) = Liveweight equivalent price.
5/ Includes home consumption.
6/ Based on turkeys placed Sept. 1, previous year through August 31 current year.  
    Excludes young turkeys lost.
7/ Prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers.
8/ Estimates cover the 12 month period from Dec. 1 the previous year through Nov. 30 
   and excludes broilers.


                           EGGS PRODUCTION BY QUARTERS, 1995-1999


         Dec. - Feb.1/	 Mar. - May	 Jun. - Aug.	 Sep. - Nov.	 Total	
	 1st Quarter	 2nd Quarter	 3rd Quarter 	 4th Quarter	
                                   -Millions-
					
1995		226	    231	            231		      228	  916	
1996		224 	    216	            240	              208         888	
1997		201	    204	            193	              208	  806	
1998 		207	    219	            219		      215	  860	
1999		202	    210	            223		      210	  845

1/ December previous year.