COBB500™

The World's Most Efficient Broiler

Cobb500

COBB500™

The world’s most efficient broiler has the lowest feed conversion, best growth rate and an ability to thrive on low density, less costly nutrition. These attributes combine to give the Cobb500 the competitive advantage of the lowest cost per kilogram or pound of live-weight produced for the growing customer base worldwide.

The Cobb500 has:

  • Lowest cost of live weight produced
  • Superior performance on lower cost feed rations
  • Most feed efficient
  • Excellent growth rate
  • Best broiler uniformity for processing
  • Competitive breeder

      • Feed Conversion

      Feed is now 60% of the total cost of producing a broiler. Feed costs are forecast to remain high for the next 1-2 years*. Efficient feed utilization is the most influential input in the management of live production cost.

      Cobb selection of programs have emphasized efficiency and feed conversion as high priorities in the development of the Cobb500. Cobb achieves the lowest cost of producing a kilogram or pound of meat in markets around the world.

      Efficient feed conversion and excellent growth rate assist in the customer's goal of achieving a target weight with the competitive advantage of lowest cost. Cobb combines both attributes in the world's most successful broiler, the Cobb500.

      Weight & FCR
      *Global Insight, November 2007: USDA Agricultural Outlook Board, Nov 9, 2007; Express Markets, Inc., Nov 2007.

      Feed Cost

      Lowest feed conversion together with the ability of the Cobb500 to thrive on lower density, less expensive feed, reduces the cost of producing chicken meat.

      When lower density feed with reduced nutrient levels is fed to the Cobb500 it decreases feed ingredient costs without affecting performance.

      Feed cost savings from a one million bird/week operation are over $2.8 million/year.

      Cost savings through feed formulation
      * Ration details on file at Cobb
      Low Density Ration High Density Ration
      Feed/week(kg/ls in 000's) 4,138/9,124 4,119/9,080
      Feed Cost(kg/lb) 0.194/0.888 0.205/0.093
      FCR 1.665 1.657
      Feed cost/bird $0.803 $0.844
      Total feed cost/week $802,930 $844,473
      Savings per year $2,160,282

      Uniformity

      The Cobb500 Broiler has the best uniformity in the market. The higher uniformity gives the processor more birds within a target weight specified by the customer

      The greater number of marketable broilers, the higher the sales revenue, optimizing customer revenue and profitability.

      Broiler uniformity advantage**
      **Customer data on file.
      Cobb500 Breed B
      Weekly Slaughter 1,000,000 1,000,000
      Average Weight(kg/lb) 2.00/4.00 1.87/4.11
      Total kg/lb(000's) 1,996/4,400 1870/4,110
      Uniformity 64.85% 60.93%
      Kg/lb saleable(000's) 1,294/2,853 1,137/2,504
      Kg/lb difference 157,000 349,000
      Additional Revenue(kg US)
      For correct Weight(lb US)       		%0.26
      $0.12
      Advantage/week(US) $41,880
      Advantage/year $2,177,760

      Feed savings combined with uniformity advantages give over $4.3 million/year improvement in the bottom line for a million broiler/week operation.

      Broiler Uniformity Comparison
      *Global Insight, November 2007: USDA Agricultural Outlook Board, Nov 9, 2007; Express Markets, Inc., Nov 2007.

      Cobb500 Breeder

      The Cobb500 is a competitive breeder, providing excellent egg and chick numbers to complement the superior performance of the world’s most efficient broiler.

      Global Cobb500 Performance
      To 65 weeks - ranked according to total eggs per HH
      Average Top 25% Top 10%
      Total Eggs 162.2 177.0 182.8
      Hatching Eggs 157.4 170.3 174.8
      Chicks 131.2 129.8 142.3
      Mortality % 9.5 5.9 4.7