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Inventories
9 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2011
Inventories 
Inventories

6. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

     September 25,
2011
     December 26,
2010
 
     (In thousands)  

Chicken:

     

Live chicken and hens

   $ 376,762       $ 348,700   

Feed, eggs and other

     238,784         221,939   

Finished chicken products

     283,208         440,458   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total chicken inventories

     898,754         1,011,097   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other products:

     

Commercial feed, table eggs and other

     15,214         12,355   

Distribution inventories (other than chicken products)

     5,582         5,802   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other products inventories

     20,796         18,157   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total inventories

   $ 919,550       $ 1,029,254   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories included a lower-of-cost-or-market allowance of $6.0 million and $2.5 million at September 25, 2011 and December 26, 2010, respectively.