HDR1012000150050531961500Poultry Production and Value Poultry Production and Value by States, 1994-95 Value of Production and Sales Up 4 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, and turkeys and the value of sales from chickens in 1995, was $18.6 billion, up 4 percent from the $17.9 billion in 1994, according to the Agricultural Statistics Board. Total poultry value consisted of: 63 percent from broilers, 21 percent from eggs, 15 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other chickens. Value of Broiler Production Up 3 Percent The value of broilers produced during 1995 was $11.8 billion, up 3 percent from the $11.4 billion in 1994. The total number of broilers produced in 1995 was 7.33 billion, up 4 percent from 1994. The 1995 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 34.4 cents per pound, compared to 35.0 cents per pound in 1994. Value of Egg Production Up 5 Percent Value of egg production in 1995 was $3.96 billion, up 5 percent from the $3.78 billion in 1994. Egg production totaled 74.3 billion eggs, up fractionally from the 73.9 billion eggs produced in 1994. In 1995, eggs averaged 64.0 cents per dozen, compared with 61.4 cents in 1994. Value of Turkey Production Up 5 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 1995 was $2.77 billion, up 5 percent from the $2.64 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 1995 totaled 6.77 billion pounds live weight, compared with 6.54 billion pounds in 1994. The average price received by producers during 1995 was 41.0 cents per pound, compared with 40.4 cents in 1994. Value of Sales from Chickens Down 12 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 1995 was $68.2 million, down 12 percent from the $77.5 million a year ago. Prices averaged 6.4 cents per pound, compared with 7.6 cents in 1994. The number of chickens sold in 1995 totaled 205 million, up 2 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 1986-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 1986 : 6,784,088 3,543,295 1,951,087 127,730 12,406,200 1987 : 6,177,127 3,209,327 1,703,137 111,827 11,201,418 1988 : 7,435,300 3,073,382 1,951,351 99,011 12,559,044 1989 : 8,777,915 3,876,822 2,235,145 142,409 15,032,291 1990 : 8,365,704 4,021,355 2,393,375 94,392 14,874,826 1991 : 8,383,046 3,914,659 2,352,986 72,199 14,722,890 1992 : 9,174,136 3,397,462 2,396,364 89,105 15,057,067 1993 : 10,416,962 3,800,237 2,509,127 96,409 16,822,735 1994 : 11,371,723 3,780,377 2,643,765 77,496 17,873,361 1995 : 11,762,683 3,958,976 2,774,301 68,155 18,564,115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Eggs: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1994-95 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen 2/ : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,733 2,693 .902 .961 205,431 215,664 AR : 3,803 3,608 1.040 .979 329,593 294,353 CA : 6,602 6,444 .464 .537 255,277 288,369 CO : 778 805 .660 .706 42,790 47,361 CT : 972 944 .997 1.040 80,757 81,813 DE : 152 138 1.080 1.130 13,680 12,995 FL : 2,538 2,374 .465 .481 98,348 95,158 GA : 4,543 4,376 .745 .794 282,045 289,545 HI : 195 186 .859 .872 13,959 13,516 ID : 254 238 .648 .607 13,716 12,039 IL : 768 762 .640 .684 40,960 43,434 IN : 5,452 5,496 .508 .516 230,801 236,328 IA : 3,808 4,032 .398 .434 126,299 145,824 KS : 352 325 .388 .440 11,381 11,917 KY : 680 679 .637 .654 36,097 37,006 LA : 442 472 1.110 .984 40,885 38,704 ME : 1,403 1,364 .922 .971 107,797 110,370 MD : 852 1,003 .637 .640 45,227 53,493 MA : 207 133 .987 1.020 17,026 11,305 MI : 1,435 1,387 .425 .435 50,823 50,279 MN : 2,669 2,823 .400 .418 88,967 98,335 MS : 1,513 1,443 .964 .990 121,544 119,048 MO : 1,713 1,705 .433 .490 61,811 69,621 MT : 99 104 .550 .570 4,538 4,940 NE : 2,027 2,364 .360 .380 60,810 74,860 NH : 39 44 .970 1.090 3,153 3,997 NJ : 451 444 .710 .746 26,684 27,602 NM : 301 303 .598 .648 15,000 16,362 NY : 1,049 1,071 .572 .626 50,002 55,871 NC : 3,214 3,152 .735 .773 196,858 203,041 ND : 51 47 .360 .384 1,530 1,504 OH : 5,644 5,964 .487 .509 229,052 252,973 OK : 799 897 .899 .860 59,858 64,285 OR : 708 709 .783 .816 46,197 48,212 PA : 5,597 5,655 .511 .562 238,339 264,843 RI : 56 34 .949 .996 4,429 2,822 SC : 1,326 1,289 .637 .658 70,389 70,680 SD : 525 481 .325 .345 14,219 13,829 TN : 256 254 .720 .790 15,360 16,722 TX : 3,860 3,950 .616 .663 198,147 218,238 UT : 491 513 .451 .471 18,453 20,135 VT : 20 21 .993 1.050 1,655 1,838 VA : 940 916 .885 .895 69,325 68,318 WA : 1,371 1,455 .730 .769 83,403 93,241 WV : 250 239 1.150 1.180 23,958 23,502 WI : 883 849 .410 .433 30,169 30,635 WY : 2.8 2.4 .676 .741 158 148 : Oth St 3/: 84 74 .497 .641 3,477 3,901 : US 4/ : 73,911 74,268 .614 .640 3,780,377 3,958,976 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30. 2/ Average of all eggs sold by producers, including hatching eggs. 3/ AK, AZ and NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. AK price estimate discontinued in 1995. 4/ States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value by State and Total, 1994 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Produced : Produced : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 909,600 4,184,200 .345 1,443,549 AR : 1,078,600 4,853,700 .375 1,820,138 CA : 226,200 1,131,000 .330 373,230 DE : 258,300 1,369,000 .335 458,615 FL : 132,700 570,600 .335 191,151 GA : 1,005,000 4,723,500 .350 1,653,225 HI : 1,120 5,000 .515 2,575 IA : 15,000 82,500 .360 29,700 KY : 56,500 237,300 .300 71,190 MD : 285,000 1,311,000 .330 432,630 MI : 650 3,200 .340 1,088 MN : 47,800 248,600 .340 84,524 MS : 602,600 2,711,700 .340 921,978 MO : 153,100 658,300 .380 250,154 NE : 2,800 18,200 .360 6,552 NY : 1,200 5,600 .340 1,904 NC : 643,500 3,217,500 .330 1,061,775 OH : 33,100 165,500 .345 57,098 OK : 185,800 798,900 .380 303,582 OR : 21,500 107,500 .310 33,325 PA : 119,300 596,500 .335 199,828 SC : 147,200 588,800 .350 206,080 TN : 124,700 548,700 .330 181,071 TX : 371,000 1,669,500 .395 659,453 VA : 252,700 1,187,700 .335 397,880 WA : 40,900 200,400 .350 70,140 WV : 89,400 384,400 .335 128,774 WI : 17,500 82,300 .300 24,690 : Oth Sts 4/: 194,770 867,400 .355 305,824 : Total 5/ : 7,017,540 32,528,500 .350 11,371,723 : 15 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 6,245,800 29,047,800 .349 10,129,377 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 1993, through November 30, 1994. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds. 3/ 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. 4/ CT, IL, IN, LA, ND, & SD, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 birds. 6/ 15 states in the weekly estimating program: AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value by State and Total, 1995 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Produced : Produced : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 900,000 4,230,000 .340 1,438,200 AR : 1,107,300 4,982,900 .355 1,768,930 CA : 235,800 1,179,000 .325 383,175 DE : 263,100 1,394,400 .340 474,096 FL : 139,800 615,100 .355 218,361 GA : 1,070,000 5,136,000 .345 1,771,920 HI : 940 3,800 .525 1,995 IA : 15,000 72,000 .350 25,200 KY : 64,500 258,000 .320 82,560 MD : 295,700 1,360,200 .340 462,468 MI : 630 2,850 .340 969 MN : 48,000 249,600 .335 83,616 MS : 644,000 2,962,400 .335 992,404 MO : 190,600 800,500 .350 280,175 NE : 2,900 18,600 .360 6,696 NY : 1,400 6,900 .345 2,381 NC : 670,100 3,417,500 .340 1,161,950 OH : 43,000 215,000 .315 67,725 OK : 198,300 852,700 .355 302,709 OR : 21,100 105,500 .320 33,760 PA : 121,400 607,000 .335 203,345 SC : 162,000 680,400 .345 234,738 TN : 130,000 572,000 .325 185,900 TX : 395,200 1,746,800 .370 646,316 VA : 260,100 1,196,500 .335 400,828 WA : 40,300 197,500 .345 68,138 WV : 88,900 391,200 .335 131,052 WI : 22,200 104,300 .335 34,941 : Oth Sts 4/: 193,400 863,350 .345 297,674 : Total 5/ : 7,325,670 34,222,000 .344 11,762,222 : 15 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 6,483,400 30,471,400 .344 10,473,683 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 1994, through November 30, 1995. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type breeds. 3/ 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. 4/ CT, IL, IN, LA, ND, & SD, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 birds. 6/ 15 states in the weekly estimating program: AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Price : Value State : Raised : Produced : per : of : 1/ : : Pound 2/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 25,000 510,000 0.44 224,400 CA : 21,000 449,400 0.43 193,242 CO : 4,900 164,640 3/ 3/ CT : 20 468 1.00 468 GA : 1,410 42,018 0.41 17,227 IL : 3,800 78,280 0.43 33,660 IN : 14,000 336,000 0.43 144,480 IA : 8,800 249,920 0.40 99,968 KS : 1,600 34,400 0.42 14,448 MD & DE : 140 3,150 0.48 1,517 MA : 140 3,724 1.22 4,543 MN : 41,500 846,600 0.36 304,776 MO : 20,500 477,650 0.43 205,390 NH : 15 374 1.19 445 NJ : 85 2,040 0.85 1,734 NY : 500 13,250 0.40 5,300 NC : 60,000 1,362,000 0.40 544,800 ND : 1,150 25,300 0.36 9,108 OH : 6,000 176,400 0.36 63,504 PA : 10,500 201,600 0.42 84,672 SC : 5,800 172,840 0.40 69,136 SD : 2,500 75,750 0.36 27,270 VT : 30 675 0.99 688 VA : 22,000 409,200 0.42 171,864 WV : 4,800 89,280 0.42 37,498 : Oth Sts 4/: 30,415 815,928 0.39 383,647 : US : 286,605 6,540,877 0.404 2,643,765 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1993 through Aug 31,1994. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Equivalent live returns to producers in most States. 3/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Value of production included Other States. 3/ MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Pounds : Price : Value State : Raised : Produced : per : of : 1/ : : Pound 2/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 26,000 535,600 0.45 241,020 CA : 22,000 462,000 0.46 212,520 CO : 4,300 158,670 3/ 3/ CT : 15 291 1.25 364 GA : 1,450 43,935 0.44 19,331 IL : 3,600 74,880 0.42 31,450 IN : 14,200 335,120 0.42 140,750 IA : 8,000 227,200 0.39 88,608 KS : 1,600 44,800 0.44 19,712 MD & DE : 160 2,971 0.48 1,430 MA : 105 2,153 1.23 2,648 MN : 40,500 854,550 0.35 299,093 MO : 22,500 551,250 0.42 231,525 NH : 17 347 1.17 406 NJ : 88 1,980 0.90 1,782 NY : 505 12,979 0.42 5,451 NC : 61,200 1,419,840 0.41 582,134 ND : 1,670 35,070 0.35 12,275 OH : 6,500 192,400 0.35 67,340 PA : 11,500 230,000 0.40 92,000 SC : 6,120 184,824 0.41 75,778 SD : 2,800 87,360 0.40 34,944 VT : 31 639 1.14 728 VA : 23,500 441,800 0.45 198,810 WV : 4,800 90,240 0.45 40,608 : Oth Sts 4/: 29,465 783,678 0.40 373,594 : US : 292,626 6,774,577 0.410 2,774,301 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1994 through Aug 31,1995. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Equivalent live returns to producers in most States. 3/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Value of production included Other States. 4/ MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Lost, Sold, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1994 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : Pounds : Price per : Value of State : Lost 2/ : Sold : Sold : Pound : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,540 9,000 64,800 .111 7,193 AR : 2,400 15,000 97,500 .170 16,575 CA : 3,100 14,300 52,910 .020 1,058 CO : 510 2,200 9,020 .070 631 CT : 388 2,486 12,430 .034 423 DE : 69 592 4,381 .052 228 FL : 1,400 5,100 27,030 .052 1,406 GA : 2,323 16,069 102,842 .100 10,284 HI : 143 336 1,176 .144 169 ID : 88 830 3,154 .023 73 IL : 350 2,300 12,650 .013 164 IN : 1,450 9,600 33,600 .035 1,176 IA : 1,800 9,400 47,000 .012 564 KS : 110 1,100 4,950 .100 495 KY : 320 1,750 5,775 .060 347 LA : 240 1,550 8,990 .050 450 ME : 574 3,497 17,485 .034 594 MD : 410 3,315 24,863 .054 1,343 MA : 80 445 2,225 .034 76 MI : 520 3,500 16,100 .015 242 MN : 1,600 6,800 24,480 .013 318 MS : 1,100 5,500 33,000 .075 2,475 MO : 820 4,300 23,650 .170 4,021 MT : 64 461 1,844 .020 37 NE : 1,280 4,500 18,000 .012 216 NH : 14 101 505 .034 17 NJ : 160 1,000 3,600 .040 144 NM : 335 560 2,184 .040 87 NY : 530 3,100 14,570 .025 364 NC : 1,825 12,500 90,000 .115 10,350 ND : 50 120 528 .013 7 OH : 2,200 14,700 54,390 .010 544 OK : 504 2,960 17,168 .165 2,833 OR : 335 1,700 7,140 .020 143 PA : 2,200 12,000 60,000 .055 3,300 RI : 22 70 350 .034 12 SC : 500 3,200 16,000 .112 1,792 SD : 210 790 3,160 .070 221 TN : 145 950 4,275 .130 556 TX : 1,800 11,000 44,000 .067 2,948 UT : 265 1,625 6,500 .030 195 VT : 40 65 325 .034 11 VA : 445 4,100 20,910 .111 2,321 WA : 620 3,800 13,680 .020 274 WV : 440 1,200 6,120 .120 734 WI : 450 1,800 6,660 .010 67 WY : 11 8 38 .050 2 : Oth Sts 3/ : 41 132 532 .031 16 : US : 35,821 201,412 1,022,490 .076 77,496 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and excludes broilers. 2/ Includes death and other losses during the 12 month period. 3/ AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. AK value of sales estimates discontinued. Number lost, and number and pounds sold are included in U.S. total. Chickens: Lost, Sold, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1995 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : Pounds : Price per : Value of State : Lost 2/ : Sold : Sold : Pound : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,800 9,000 63,900 .100 6,390 AR : 2,600 18,000 117,000 .130 15,210 CA : 2,700 15,100 54,360 .019 1,033 CO : 450 1,970 7,880 .040 315 CT : 484 2,464 12,320 .029 357 DE : 102 727 5,307 .043 228 FL : 1,892 4,800 25,440 .040 1,018 GA : 2,380 15,250 100,650 .095 9,562 HI : 143 301 1,084 .121 131 ID : 80 510 1,887 .030 57 IL : 375 2,170 12,369 .010 124 IN : 2,100 8,100 28,350 .025 709 IA : 3,100 9,500 57,000 .006 342 KS : 150 400 1,600 .050 80 KY : 300 1,900 6,270 .060 376 LA : 230 1,750 10,150 .058 589 ME : 722 3,932 19,660 .029 570 MD : 602 2,973 22,000 .046 1,012 MA : 86 601 3,005 .029 87 MI : 550 3,900 19,500 .010 195 MN : 1,400 5,300 19,080 .007 134 MS : 2,000 5,200 35,880 .053 1,902 MO : 980 4,250 23,375 .130 3,039 MT : 63 536 2,144 .030 64 NE : 1,290 4,230 16,920 .006 102 NH : 24 166 830 .029 24 NJ : 150 1,000 3,500 .020 70 NM : 450 200 820 .020 16 NY : 550 3,350 15,075 .015 226 NC : 1,825 12,800 96,000 .096 9,216 ND : 60 150 675 .007 5 OH : 2,750 14,900 55,130 .010 551 OK : 590 3,860 23,932 .130 3,111 OR : 276 1,250 7,250 .020 145 PA : 2,400 14,500 72,500 .045 3,263 RI : 17 133 665 .029 19 SC : 600 3,300 16,500 .095 1,568 SD : 290 1,090 4,360 .050 218 TN : 185 850 3,740 .100 374 TX : 1,900 11,700 51,480 .051 2,625 UT : 195 1,475 5,900 .026 153 VT : 9 55 275 .029 8 VA : 536 3,610 18,411 .103 1,896 WA : 590 4,000 14,800 .020 296 WV : 205 1,250 6,375 .104 663 WI : 540 1,900 7,030 .010 70 WY : 10 7 32 .050 2 : Oth Sts 3/ : 27 175 699 .015 10 : US : 40,758 204,585 1,073,110 .064 68,155 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and excludes broilers. 2/ Includes death and other losses during the 12 month period. 3/ AK, AZ, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 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