Pou 3-1 (09) Poultry - Production and Value 2008 Summary May 2009 National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C Contents Page Summary.....................................................................1 Broilers: Production, Price and Value, by State and Total, 2007.............2 Broilers: Production, Price and Value, by State and Total, 2008.............3 Table Eggs: Price by State and United States, 2007-2008.....................4 All Eggs: Production, Price and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2007-2008.............................................................5 Turkeys: Production, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2007......6 Turkeys: Production, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2008......7 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2007........................................8 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2008........................................9 Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates......................10 Information Contacts.......................................................10 Special Note Beginning with this report, Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value tables have been expanded to include a U.S. rather than a 28 State total. This includes an "Other States" category to represent those States not listed individually in the tables. Previous year data has been revised to allow consistency and comparability of the data. This page is intentionally blank. Summary U.S. Value of Production and Sales Up 11 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2008 was $35.9 billion, up 11 percent from the $32.2 billion in 2007. Of the combined total, 64 percent was from broilers, 23 percent from eggs, 12 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 7 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2008 was $23.1 billion, up 7 percent from 2007. The total number of broilers produced in 2008 was 9.01 billion, up 1 percent from 2007. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2008 was 50.4 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2007. The 2008 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 45.8 cents per pound, compared with 43.6 cents in 2007. U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 22 Percent Value of all egg production in 2008 was $8.23 billion, up 22 percent from the $6.72 billion in 2007. Egg production totaled 90.2 billion eggs, down 1 percent from the 91.1 billion eggs produced in 2007. In 2008, all eggs averaged 109.0 cents per dozen, compared with 88.5 cents in 2007. U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 13 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2008 was $4.48 billion, up 13 percent from the $3.95 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2008 totaled 7.92 billion pounds, up 5 percent from the 7.57 billion pounds produced in 2007. The average price received by producers during 2008 was 56.5 cents per pound, compared with 52.3 cents in 2007. U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 20 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2008 was $61.8 million, up 20 percent from the $51.5 million a year ago. Prices averaged 6.6 cents per pound, compared with 5.6 cents in 2007. The number of chickens sold in 2008 totaled 176 million, up 5 percent from the total sold during the previous year. This report contains annual estimates for Puerto Rico chickens and eggs. These estimates include chickens (excluding commercial broilers) number lost, sold for slaughter, pounds, price, and value as well as all egg production, price, and value. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 2007 : 21,513,536 6,718,853 3,954,472 51,498 32,238,359 2008 : 23,112,184 8,225,486 4,477,054 61,845 35,876,569 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 2007 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Produced : Produced : Pound 4/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,022,700 5,624,900 0.430 2,418,707 AR : 1,175,900 6,232,300 0.420 2,617,566 DE : 245,800 1,597,700 0.460 734,942 FL : 73,300 417,800 0.430 179,654 GA : 1,398,800 7,413,600 0.430 3,187,848 KY : 303,300 1,668,200 0.430 717,326 MD : 294,800 1,591,900 0.460 732,274 MN : 46,600 242,300 0.430 104,189 MS : 824,000 4,614,400 0.430 1,984,192 NE : 4,800 27,400 0.450 12,330 NC : 781,200 5,390,300 0.460 2,479,538 OH : 49,800 273,900 0.430 117,777 OK : 243,000 1,287,900 0.420 540,918 PA : 151,200 846,700 0.450 381,015 SC : 234,900 1,479,900 0.450 665,955 TN : 205,900 1,050,100 0.430 451,543 TX : 616,300 3,266,400 0.430 1,404,552 VA : 250,200 1,301,000 0.430 559,430 WV : 88,900 355,600 0.450 160,020 WI : 47,300 203,400 0.450 91,530 : Oth Sts 5/: 848,000 4,445,000 0.444 1,972,230 : Total 6/ : 8,906,700 49,330,700 0.436 21,513,536 : 19 Weekly : Sts 7/ : 8,652,000 48,049,200 0.436 20,944,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2006, through November 30, 2007. 3/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 4/ Live weight equivalent price, derived from ready-to-cook prices minus processing costs, then multiplied by a dressing percentage. 5/ CA, CT, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NY, OR, & WA, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 6/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 7/ 19 states in the weekly estimating program: AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 2008 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 : 1,062,900 5,846,000 0.450 2,630,700 AR : 1,160,000 6,380,000 0.440 2,807,200 DE : 242,900 1,578,900 0.490 773,661 FL : 63,800 376,400 0.450 169,380 GA : 1,409,200 7,468,800 0.450 3,360,960 KY : 306,100 1,652,900 0.450 743,805 MD : 298,600 1,612,400 0.490 790,076 MN : 44,900 238,000 0.450 107,100 MS : 840,700 4,876,100 0.450 2,194,245 NE : 6,700 40,200 0.470 18,894 NC : 796,100 5,493,100 0.490 2,691,619 OH : 57,500 327,800 0.450 147,510 OK : 237,800 1,260,300 0.440 554,532 PA : 160,900 933,200 0.470 438,604 SC : 236,900 1,516,200 0.470 712,614 TN : 199,700 1,018,500 0.450 458,325 TX : 640,800 3,460,300 0.450 1,557,135 VA : 250,300 1,251,500 0.450 563,175 WV : 85,700 351,400 0.470 165,158 WI : 51,700 217,100 0.470 102,037 : Oth Sts 4/: 855,900 4,541,400 0.468 2,125,454 : Total 5/ : 9,009,100 50,440,500 0.458 23,112,184 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,739,800 49,059,700 0.458 22,469,238 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 3/ Live weight equivalent price, derived from ready-to-cook prices minus processing costs, then multiplied by a dressing percentage. 4/ CA, CT, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NY, OR, & WA, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 6/ 19 states in the weekly estimating program: AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA and WV. Table Eggs: Price, by State and United States, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2007 2/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Dozen : AL : 0.757 1.030 AR : 0.745 0.979 CA : 0.775 1.000 CO : 0.735 0.984 CT : 0.751 0.917 FL : 0.746 1.010 GA : 0.748 1.040 HI : 1.090 1.420 ID : 0.831 0.991 IL : 0.729 0.968 IN : 0.743 0.985 IA : 0.698 0.918 KY : 0.750 0.966 LA : 0.723 0.961 ME : 0.944 1.220 MD : 0.819 1.120 MA : 0.986 1.240 MI : 0.726 0.956 MN : 0.791 1.020 MS : 0.759 0.993 MO : 0.690 0.924 MT : 0.904 0.998 NE : 0.744 0.973 NH : 1.010 1.290 NJ : 0.921 1.190 NY : 0.780 0.991 NC : 0.749 0.970 OH : 0.802 0.970 OK : 0.743 0.974 OR : 0.749 0.985 PA : 0.694 0.917 SC : 0.731 0.912 SD : 0.732 0.968 TN : 0.739 0.970 TX : 0.726 0.986 UT : 0.662 0.951 VT : 0.759 1.010 VA : 0.864 1.020 WA : 0.831 1.070 WV : 0.862 1.050 WI : 0.744 0.982 WY : 0.830 0.965 : Oth Sts 3/ : 0.770 1.020 : US : 0.746 0.974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Revised. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Eggs: Production, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2007-2008 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 4/ : 2008 : 2007 4/ : 2008 : 2007 4/ : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,090 2,150 1.800 1.670 313,003 298,550 AR : 3,236 3,139 1.350 1.600 364,490 418,062 CA : 5,290 5,272 0.786 1.000 346,426 440,730 CO : 1,059 1,090 0.839 1.070 74,074 96,842 CT : 814 780 0.766 0.925 51,938 60,116 FL : 2,885 2,749 0.776 1.020 186,471 234,515 GA : 4,792 4,576 1.100 1.480 437,491 564,244 HI : 81.8 73.3 1.090 1.420 7,428 8,678 ID : 155 150 1.030 1.090 13,354 13,630 IL : 1,357 1,453 0.770 0.997 87,034 120,770 IN : 6,673 6,523 0.760 0.985 422,640 535,571 IA : 13,868 14,407 0.714 0.931 824,806 1,117,850 KY : 1,170 1,140 1.230 1.370 120,075 130,387 LA : 490 479 1.040 1.190 42,333 47,694 ME : 1,013 1,028 0.949 1.220 80,093 104,433 MD : 702 666 0.841 1.130 49,170 62,682 MA : 52 36 0.990 1.240 4,288 3,718 MI : 2,563 2,653 0.727 0.957 155,371 211,524 MN : 2,880 2,767 0.805 1.030 193,219 237,237 MS : 1,523 1,511 1.350 1.420 171,379 179,075 MO : 1,881 1,885 0.817 1.050 128,026 165,703 MT : 107 115 0.904 0.998 8,059 9,567 NE : 2,984 2,777 0.744 0.973 185,092 225,242 NH : 48 65 1.090 1.350 4,373 7,321 NJ : 435 421 0.921 1.190 33,373 41,590 NY : 1,127 1,167 0.787 0.996 73,945 96,871 NC : 2,960 3,063 1.330 1.470 328,664 373,944 OH : 7,151 7,168 0.811 0.980 483,441 585,477 OK : 759 774 1.120 1.250 71,107 80,888 OR : 725 769 0.784 1.010 47,379 64,775 PA : 6,392 6,181 0.731 0.946 389,119 487,467 SC : 1,215 1,143 0.917 1.090 92,809 104,178 SD : 843 691 0.732 0.968 51,420 55,752 TN : 385 351 1.450 1.460 46,602 42,815 TX : 4,995 4,928 0.897 1.120 373,500 460,307 UT : 954 914 0.662 0.951 52,618 72,422 VT : 59 55 0.869 1.150 4,271 5,252 VA : 794 726 1.190 1.270 78,991 77,103 WA : 1,520 1,533 0.832 1.070 105,372 136,448 WV : 272 247 1.440 1.480 32,723 30,390 WI : 1,370 1,220 0.782 1.010 89,263 102,910 WY : 3.5 2.4 0.830 0.965 242 193 : Oth Sts5/: 1,432 1,315 0.782 1.030 93,381 112,563 : US : 91,101 90,151 0.885 1.090 6,718,853 8,225,486 : PR : 173 146 0.920 1.210 13,262 14,685 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Includes hatching and market (table) eggs. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 4/ Revised. 5/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 2/ : Produced : Pound 3/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 29,500 572,300 0.56 320,488 CA : 16,200 450,360 0.47 211,669 IL : 2,200 76,780 0.56 42,997 IN : 13,600 481,440 0.56 269,606 IA : 8,700 325,380 0.44 143,167 MD : 740 13,468 0.52 7,003 MA : 62 1,569 1.86 2,918 MI : 5,100 191,760 0.46 88,210 MN : 46,500 1,218,300 0.52 633,516 MO : 20,500 645,750 0.56 361,620 NJ : 38 821 1.52 1,248 NY : 630 14,742 0.55 8,108 NC : 38,500 1,147,300 0.52 596,596 ND : 2,000 52,400 0.44 23,056 OH : 6,000 227,400 0.46 104,604 PA : 11,000 199,100 0.52 103,532 SC : 10,400 381,680 0.52 198,474 SD : 4,600 172,500 0.43 74,175 VT : 53 1,193 1.59 1,897 VA : 18,500 482,850 0.52 251,082 WV : 3,700 96,570 0.52 50,216 : Oth Sts 4/ : 28,305 812,652 0.57 460,290 : US : 266,828 7,566,315 0.523 3,954,472 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2006, through Aug 31, 2007. Excludes young turkeys lost. 3/ Live weight equivalent price to producers is used when actual live weight price is not available for the State. 4/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ 2/ : Produced : Pound 3/ : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 31,000 610,700 0.57 348,099 CA : 16,000 435,200 0.58 252,416 IN : 14,500 519,100 0.59 306,269 IA : 9,000 360,000 0.56 201,600 MN : 48,000 1,305,600 0.57 744,192 MO : 21,000 651,000 0.57 371,070 NC : 40,000 1,208,000 0.54 652,320 OH : 6,000 230,400 0.58 133,632 PA : 11,500 216,200 0.64 138,368 SC : 12,500 477,500 0.56 267,400 SD : 4,700 189,410 0.47 89,023 UT : 4,100 104,960 0.58 60,877 VA : 18,000 484,200 0.56 271,152 WV : 3,800 102,220 0.56 57,243 : Oth Sts 4/: 32,988 1,027,597 0.57 583,393 : US : 273,088 7,922,087 0.565 4,477,054 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2007, through Aug 31, 2008. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ Revised. 3/ Live weight equivalent price to producers is used when actual live weight price is not available for the State. 4/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2007 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : : Price : Value State : Lost 3/ : Sold for : Pounds : per : of : : Slaughter : Sold : Pound : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 3,443 10,366 82,928 0.086 7,132 AR : 5,840 13,466 106,381 0.084 8,936 CA : 2,861 7,870 27,545 0.010 275 CO : 626 2,195 10,097 0.042 424 CT : 1,108 1,400 4,760 0.004 19 FL : 3,176 5,119 28,155 0.029 816 GA : 6,421 15,318 111,821 0.080 8,946 HI : 100 83 315 0.236 74 ID : 76 413 1,404 0.005 7 IL : 504 1,838 6,984 0.010 70 IN : 3,950 8,821 29,109 0.008 233 IA : 24,629 5,165 18,594 0.005 93 KY : 1,994 1,946 15,373 0.084 1,291 LA : 348 1,666 10,496 0.070 735 ME : 642 2,665 8,795 0.001 9 MD : 382 1,194 4,776 0.026 124 MA : 15 217 716 0.001 1 MI : 1,254 3,505 11,567 0.001 12 MN : 3,092 4,575 17,843 0.006 107 MS : 2,559 6,219 49,752 0.086 4,279 MO : 1,173 4,418 20,323 0.040 813 MT : 72 108 400 0.006 2 NE : 2,522 6,145 20,279 0.001 20 NH : 35 210 819 0.022 18 NJ : 87 299 957 0.001 1 NY : 356 2,536 8,369 0.002 17 NC : 3,062 12,487 89,906 0.079 7,103 OH : 6,921 10,319 35,085 0.004 140 OK : 820 2,590 19,425 0.082 1,593 OR : 1,519 409 1,432 0.007 10 PA : 2,039 14,749 51,622 0.011 568 SC : 1,965 2,838 17,028 0.066 1,124 SD : 1,184 660 2,178 0.001 2 TN : 772 1,551 12,253 0.086 1,054 TX : 9,111 5,114 34,264 0.079 2,707 UT : 1,067 1,533 5,059 0.001 5 VT : 25 196 725 0.018 13 VA : 621 2,461 19,196 0.084 1,612 WA : 1,906 531 1,752 0.001 2 WV : 310 1,198 9,464 0.085 804 WI : 816 1,909 7,827 0.030 235 WY : 1 9 30 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 4/ : 1,748 1,972 7,071 0.010 72 : US 5/ : 101,152 168,283 912,875 0.056 51,498 : PR : 240 924 4,343 0.214 929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2006, through November 30, 2007. Excludes broilers. 3/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Number : : Price : Value State : Lost 2/ : Sold for : Pounds : per : of : : Slaughter : Sold : Pound : Sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AL : 2,642 11,291 86,941 0.099 8,607 AR : 5,873 15,078 111,577 0.096 10,711 CA : 2,511 8,872 29,278 0.001 29 CO : 1,163 1,657 8,285 0.053 439 CT : 804 1,362 4,631 0.004 19 FL : 4,189 4,448 16,902 0.023 389 GA : 7,132 15,417 109,461 0.093 10,180 HI : 57 70 287 0.206 59 ID : 68 424 1,399 0.004 6 IL : 650 2,070 7,659 0.013 100 IN : 3,739 9,729 33,079 0.008 265 IA : 26,148 6,311 21,457 0.005 107 KY : 1,349 3,027 21,794 0.094 2,049 LA : 312 2,064 12,384 0.078 966 ME : 842 2,337 7,712 0.001 8 MD : 268 1,758 6,505 0.021 137 MA : 12 115 380 0.003 1 MI : 887 2,423 7,996 0.001 8 MN : 2,938 3,944 15,382 0.017 261 MS : 2,408 6,588 52,045 0.101 5,257 MO : 951 5,147 22,647 0.044 996 MT : 72 108 410 0.001 0 NE : 1,784 6,248 20,618 0.001 21 NH : 50 204 857 0.079 68 NJ : 103 467 1,541 0.001 2 NY : 596 3,060 10,098 0.002 20 NC : 2,794 14,350 91,840 0.084 7,715 OH : 5,977 8,863 30,134 0.006 181 OK : 911 3,191 23,294 0.096 2,236 OR : 1,636 455 1,547 0.006 9 PA : 1,854 12,891 46,408 0.014 650 SC : 1,131 3,336 20,350 0.079 1,608 SD : 750 716 2,363 0.001 2 TN : 503 2,214 16,826 0.098 1,649 TX : 10,414 5,404 41,611 0.100 4,161 UT : 914 1,747 5,765 0.001 6 VT : 25 81 389 0.053 21 VA : 522 2,921 17,818 0.080 1,425 WA : 3,661 384 1,267 0.001 1 WV : 244 1,408 10,982 0.100 1,098 WI : 1,019 1,696 7,293 0.042 306 WY : 1 7 23 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 1,918 2,037 7,233 0.010 72 : US 4/ : 101,828 175,932 936,508 0.066 61,845 : PR : 120 300 1,200 0.260 312 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. Excludes broilers. 2/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates Survey Procedures: These estimates were based on inventory, disposition, production, and price estimates as published in various NASS poultry and agricultural prices reports, as well as information on imports, exports, and slaughter obtained from other sources. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known poultry operations and use known sources to update their lists. Data are collected from all known broiler hatcheries and turkey grow-out operations. 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