CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. KSOP
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
9
Note 3 – Fair Value Measurements
The Plan is required
to categorize both
financial and nonfinancial
assets and liabilities
based on the
following fair value
hierarchy.
The fair
value of
an asset
is the
price at
which the
asset could
be sold
in an
orderly transaction
between
unrelated, knowledgeable, and willing parties able to
engage in the transaction. A liability’s fair value is defined as the
amount that would
be paid to
transfer the liability
to a new
obligor in a
transaction between such
parties, not the
amount
that would be paid to settle the liability with the creditor.
•
Level 1
- Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
•
Level 2
- Inputs other than
quoted prices included in
Level 1 that
are observable for the
asset or liability,
either directly or indirectly, including:
◦
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets
◦
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets in non-active markets
◦
Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
or liability
◦
Inputs derived principally from or corroborated by other observable
market data
•
Level 3
- Unobservable inputs for the asset or
liability that are supported by little or no
market activity and
that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities
The asset or liability’s
fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is
based on the lowest level of
any input that is significant to the fair value
measurement.
Valuation
techniques used need to maximize the use of
observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The following is
a description of the
valuation methodologies used for
assets measured at fair
value.
There have
been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2023 or 2022:
Common stock and mutual funds
:
These investments are valued based on quoted market prices at the end
Common collective trust
funds
:
This investment is
valued based on
the net asset
value (“NAV”)
of units
held
by the
Plan at
year end,
as
calculated by
the issuer,
as a
practical expedient
to
estimate fair
value.
NAV
is calculated based on the fair value of the underlying assets owned by the
fund, minus its liabilities,
divided by the number of units outstanding.
The preceding methods described may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable
value
or
reflective
of
future
fair
values.
Furthermore,
although
the
Plan
believes
its
valuation
methods
are
appropriate
and consistent
with
other
market
participants, the
use
of
different
methodologies or
assumptions to
determine the
fair value
of certain
financial instruments
could result
in a
different fair
value measurement
at the
reporting date.