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Inventories
 12 Months Ended
May 30, 2026
Inventories [Abstract]  
Inventories
Note 5 -
Inventories
Inventories
consisted
of the
following (in thousands):
May
30, 2026
May
31, 2025
Flocks, net
of amortization
$
192,673
$
166,507
Feed and
supplies
84,769
65,192
Raw materials
and
finished goods
inventory
97,823
63,971
$
375,265
$
295,670
We
grow and
maintain flocks of layers
(mature female
chickens), pullets
(female chickens
under 18 weeks
of age), and
breeders
(male and
female
chickens used
to produce
fertile eggs
to hatch
for egg production
flocks).
Our
total flock
at May 30,
2026 and
May 31,
2025, consisted
of approximately
14.1
million and
11.5
million
pullets and
breeders
and
50.0
million
and
48.3
million
layers,
respectively.
The Company
expensed
amortization
and
mortality
associated
with the flocks
to cost
of sales
as follows (in thousands):
May
30, 2026
May
31, 2025
June 1, 2024
Amortization
$
205,041
$
196,248
$
198,298
Mortality
11,170
10,619
10,640
Total
flock costs
charged
to cost
of sales
$
216,211
$
206,867
$
208,938