United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 3-1 (06)a Poultry - Production and Value 2005 Summary April 2006 Contents Page Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chickens . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Information Contacts . . . . . .10 Summary U.S. Value of Production and Sales Down 2 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2005, was $28.2 billion, down 2 percent from the $28.9 billion in 2004. Of the combined total, 74 percent was from broilers, 14 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 2 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2005 was $20.9 billion, up 2 percent from 2004. The total number of broilers produced in 2005 was 8.87 billion, up 1 percent from 2004. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2005 was 47.9 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 2004. The 2005 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 43.6 cents per pound, compared with 44.6 cents in 2004. U.S. Value of Egg Production Down 24 Percent Value of all egg production in 2005 was $4.04 billion, down 24 percent from the $5.30 billion in 2004. Egg production totaled 90.0 billion eggs, up 1 percent from the 89.1 billion eggs produced in 2004. In 2005, all eggs averaged 53.9 cents per dozen, compared with 71.4 cents in 2004. U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 6 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2005 was $3.23 billion, up 6 percent from the $3.05 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2005 totaled 7.21 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 7.28 billion pounds produced in 2004. The average price received by producers during 2005 was 44.9 cents per pound, compared with 42.0 cents in 2004. U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 12 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2005 was $64.6 million, up 12 percent from the $57.6 million a year ago. Prices averaged 6.5 cents per pound, compared with 5.8 cents in 2004. The number of chickens sold in 2005 totaled 193 million, up 1 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, 2004-2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 2004 : 20,446,086 5,299,185 3,054,329 57,615 28,857,215 2005 : 20,901,939 4,042,282 3,232,576 64,554 28,241,351 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 2004 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 : 1,052,000 5,470,400 0.440 2,406,976 AR : 1,241,500 6,207,500 0.440 2,731,300 DE : 240,700 1,492,300 0.460 686,458 FL : 78,500 463,200 0.450 208,440 GA : 1,298,900 6,494,500 0.440 2,857,580 KY : 290,800 1,570,300 0.440 690,932 MD : 284,600 1,366,100 0.460 628,406 MN : 46,300 231,500 0.440 101,860 MS : 827,800 4,387,300 0.440 1,930,412 NE : 4,300 25,400 0.450 11,430 NY : 2,600 14,600 0.450 6,570 NC : 720,200 4,537,300 0.450 2,041,785 OH : 41,600 224,600 0.450 101,070 OK : 243,800 1,243,400 0.440 547,096 PA : 133,500 707,600 0.460 325,496 SC : 204,500 1,186,100 0.440 521,884 TN : 195,900 999,100 0.440 439,604 TX : 620,700 3,165,600 0.450 1,424,520 VA : 263,000 1,341,300 0.440 590,172 WV : 86,400 354,200 0.440 155,848 WI : 33,800 152,100 0.450 68,445 : Oth Sts 4/: 829,250 4,161,850 0.473 1,969,802 : Total 5/ : 8,740,650 45,796,250 0.446 20,446,086 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,505,200 44,635,400 0.446 19,902,461 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2003, through November 30, 2004. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 3/ Live weight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using the following formulas: RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing percentage) = live weight equivalent price. 4/ CA, HI, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, 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. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 2005 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 : 1,057,300 5,603,700 0.430 2,409,591 AR : 1,214,300 6,314,400 0.420 2,652,048 DE : 282,300 1,835,000 0.460 844,100 FL : 75,900 463,000 0.440 203,720 GA : 1,321,200 6,738,100 0.430 2,897,383 KY : 297,800 1,637,900 0.430 704,297 MD : 256,000 1,228,800 0.460 565,248 MN : 46,900 229,800 0.430 98,814 MS : 853,400 4,779,000 0.430 2,054,970 NE : 4,800 27,800 0.440 12,232 NY : 3,000 16,200 0.470 7,614 NC : 735,100 4,851,700 0.460 2,231,782 OH : 43,100 228,400 0.440 100,496 OK : 249,900 1,324,500 0.420 556,290 PA : 147,300 795,400 0.450 357,930 SC : 213,300 1,279,800 0.440 563,112 TN : 196,600 1,002,700 0.430 431,161 TX : 627,900 3,265,100 0.440 1,436,644 VA : 260,000 1,326,000 0.430 570,180 WV : 88,500 362,900 0.450 163,305 WI : 36,600 161,000 0.440 70,840 : Oth Sts 4/: 859,150 4,436,900 0.444 1,970,182 : Total 5/ : 8,870,350 47,908,100 0.436 20,901,939 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,633,700 46,735,900 0.436 20,378,270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 3/ Live weight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using the following formulas: RTC price minus processing cost X (dressing percentage) = live weight equivalent price. 4/ CA, CT, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, 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, 2004-2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Dozen : AL : 0.564 0.345 AR : 0.534 0.364 CA : 0.626 0.405 CO : 0.574 0.372 CT : 0.659 0.456 FL : 0.593 0.370 GA : 0.558 0.345 HI : 1.080 0.941 ID : 0.611 0.411 IL : 0.530 0.320 IN : 0.537 0.342 IA : 0.491 0.292 KY : 0.584 0.364 LA : 0.601 0.387 ME : 0.730 0.532 MD : 0.631 0.442 MA : 0.812 0.607 MI : 0.562 0.346 MN : 0.551 0.328 MS : 0.553 0.352 MO : 0.498 0.284 MT : 0.657 0.374 NE : 0.525 0.310 NH : 0.782 0.607 NJ : 0.622 0.494 NY : 0.607 0.360 NC : 0.551 0.332 OH : 0.539 0.357 OK : 0.537 0.361 OR : 0.680 0.406 PA : 0.585 0.345 SC : 0.554 0.348 SD : 0.517 0.301 TN : 0.581 0.363 TX : 0.532 0.334 UT : 0.520 0.318 VT : 0.570 0.395 VA : 0.621 0.426 WA : 0.695 0.399 WV : 0.600 0.424 WI : 0.521 0.313 WY : 0.607 0.397 : Oth Sts 2/ : 0.601 0.383 : US : 0.559 0.347 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ 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, 2004-2005 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,099 2,071 1.650 1.630 287,956 281,595 AR : 3,526 3,416 1.220 1.240 358,280 352,645 CA : 5,352 5,082 0.644 0.429 287,392 181,655 CO : 1,105 1,071 0.653 0.472 60,103 42,141 CT : 818 846 0.675 0.475 46,038 33,458 FL : 3,068 2,980 0.625 0.406 159,878 100,723 GA : 5,038 4,850 0.939 0.843 394,120 340,680 HI : 118.5 114.5 1.080 0.941 10,670 8,979 ID : 238 241 0.730 0.572 14,479 11,492 IL : 1,044 1,210 0.592 0.377 51,478 38,058 IN : 6,256 6,254 0.560 0.369 291,841 192,327 IA : 11,615 12,978 0.508 0.310 491,656 335,318 KY : 1,232 1,228 0.858 0.709 88,099 72,568 LA : 465 469 0.902 0.795 34,966 31,073 ME : 1,156 1,025 0.737 0.545 70,988 46,594 MD : 843 798 0.651 0.467 45,737 31,069 MA : 75 71 0.812 0.607 5,078 3,591 MI : 2,009 2,142 0.563 0.347 94,313 61,870 MN : 2,927 2,985 0.583 0.365 142,183 90,899 MS : 1,606 1,627 1.290 1.250 172,166 169,834 MO : 1,865 1,910 0.652 0.469 101,395 74,570 MT : 107 106 0.657 0.374 5,862 3,300 NE : 3,174 3,217 0.525 0.310 138,851 82,989 NH : 42 39 0.952 0.736 3,333 2,391 NJ : 558 495 0.622 0.494 28,912 20,373 NY : 1,163 1,190 0.617 0.368 59,844 36,461 NC : 2,523 2,573 1.140 1.160 239,062 249,368 OH : 7,355 7,506 0.545 0.365 333,750 228,182 OK : 764 731 1.050 0.983 67,102 59,862 OR : 818 823 0.714 0.447 48,693 30,626 PA : 6,585 6,608 0.619 0.389 339,744 214,188 SC : 1,351 1,289 0.735 0.578 82,772 62,133 SD : 933 816 0.517 0.301 40,178 20,460 TN : 319 316 1.340 1.310 35,511 34,478 TX : 4,825 4,684 0.762 0.607 306,322 236,843 UT : 831 878 0.520 0.318 36,012 23,248 VT : 55 50 0.746 0.584 3,418 2,434 VA : 761 823 1.100 0.983 69,703 67,421 WA : 1,332 1,343 0.697 0.400 77,348 44,791 WV : 273 261 1.420 1.400 32,325 30,473 WI : 1,206 1,321 0.564 0.361 56,679 39,702 WY : 3.6 3.6 0.607 0.397 182 119 : Oth Sts4/: 1,657 1,519 0.614 0.405 84,766 51,301 : US : 89,091 89,960 0.714 0.539 5,299,185 4,042,282 : PR : 226 236 0.912 0.908 17,179 17,863 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Includes hatching and market (table) eggs. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 4/ 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, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 28,500 527,250 0.43 226,718 CA : 15,700 414,480 0.41 169,937 CT : 5 127 1.35 171 IL : 2,900 89,320 0.42 37,514 IN : 13,300 409,640 0.42 172,049 IA : 9,000 324,000 0.42 136,080 MD : 750 13,275 0.43 5,708 MA : 70 1,736 1.59 2,760 MI : 5,000 188,000 0.37 69,560 MN : 45,500 1,201,200 0.42 504,504 MO : 21,500 666,500 0.42 279,930 NH : 4 100 1.77 177 NJ : 37 814 0.87 708 NY : 580 13,746 0.43 5,911 NC : 39,000 1,068,600 0.42 448,812 ND : 1,000 26,400 0.40 10,560 OH : 5,800 219,820 0.42 92,324 PA : 12,000 234,000 0.48 112,320 SC : 12,000 463,200 0.40 185,280 SD : 4,500 150,750 0.38 57,285 VT : 52 1,227 1.50 1,841 VA : 19,700 435,370 0.42 182,855 WV : 3,200 70,720 0.42 29,702 : Oth Sts 3/: 23,109 758,138 0.42 321,623 : US : 263,207 7,278,413 0.420 3,054,329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2003, through Aug 31, 2004. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ CA, CT, DE, MD, MA, MI, NE, NH, NJ, ND, OH, PA, SC, SD, and VT are actual live weight prices. All other States are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 3/ CO, DE, KS, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 29,000 565,500 0.46 260,130 CA : 14,900 406,770 0.43 174,911 IL : 2,900 92,800 0.43 39,904 IN : 13,400 428,800 0.45 192,960 IA : 9,600 326,400 0.43 140,352 MD : 800 15,360 0.47 7,219 MA : 57 1,357 1.65 2,239 MI : 4,700 176,250 0.40 70,500 MN : 44,500 1,201,500 0.45 540,675 MO : 20,500 643,700 0.45 289,665 NJ : 37 570 1.19 678 NY : 620 14,012 0.46 6,446 NC : 36,000 1,069,200 0.46 491,832 ND : 1,100 29,700 0.37 10,989 OH : 5,700 212,610 0.44 93,548 PA : 11,500 226,550 0.49 111,010 SC : 8,000 310,400 0.43 133,472 SD : 4,600 140,760 0.37 52,081 VT : 56 1,271 1.41 1,792 VA : 21,000 527,100 0.46 242,466 WV : 2,400 60,240 0.46 27,710 : Oth Sts 3/: 24,900 755,710 0.45 341,997 : US : 256,270 7,206,560 0.449 3,232,576 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2004, through Aug 31, 2005. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ CA, MD, MA, MI, NE, NJ, ND, OH, PA, SC, SD, and VT are actual live weight prices. All other States are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 3/ CO, KS, NE, OK, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2004 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 : 1,873 10,061 81,494 0.097 7,905 AR : 3,756 15,501 124,008 0.096 11,905 CA : 7,362 7,240 28,236 0.008 226 CO : 1,056 2,560 10,496 0.034 357 CT : 1,863 256 896 0.003 3 FL : 3,417 5,885 24,129 0.029 700 GA : 7,037 15,707 102,096 0.080 8,168 HI : 102 147 529 0.199 105 ID : 84 579 2,200 0.010 22 IL : 1,161 1,548 6,192 0.010 62 IN : 8,428 8,594 28,360 0.008 227 IA : 22,292 11,524 38,029 0.002 76 KY : 2,162 2,514 18,352 0.094 1,725 LA : 619 1,143 8,458 0.090 761 ME : 435 2,669 9,875 0.003 30 MD : 535 1,130 3,955 0.010 40 MA : 29 166 631 0.004 3 MI : 1,270 4,297 14,180 0.001 14 MN : 3,797 3,074 10,452 0.001 10 MS : 1,223 7,839 56,441 0.087 4,910 MO : 1,099 3,926 17,667 0.050 883 MT : 132 133 479 0.006 3 NE : 2,877 5,035 17,119 0.001 17 NH : 22 180 810 0.020 16 NJ : 429 744 2,455 0.001 2 NY : 484 3,201 10,563 0.001 11 NC : 1,601 11,663 93,304 0.090 8,397 OH : 6,460 14,104 47,954 0.001 48 OK : 968 2,740 20,276 0.095 1,926 OR : 509 1,046 3,556 0.001 4 PA : 2,367 15,105 52,868 0.009 476 SC : 1,494 2,272 14,314 0.078 1,116 SD : 1,210 459 1,607 0.001 2 TN : 394 1,885 13,195 0.099 1,306 TX : 6,259 13,759 70,171 0.049 3,438 UT : 511 1,626 6,016 0.010 60 VT : 22 177 690 0.011 8 VA : 786 3,403 21,099 0.063 1,329 WA : 706 2,577 8,762 0.001 9 WV : 271 1,661 12,291 0.091 1,118 WI : 1,280 1,671 6,851 0.025 171 WY : 1 8 28 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,233 1,897 6,537 0.004 26 : US 4/ : 100,616 191,706 997,621 0.058 57,615 : PR : 180 720 3,024 0.256 774 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2003, through November 30, 2004. 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. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2005 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 : 1,345 10,528 83,171 0.098 8,151 AR : 4,875 13,993 109,145 0.117 12,770 CA : 4,815 7,669 28,375 0.012 341 CO : 504 2,804 12,057 0.049 591 CT : 849 1,005 3,518 0.003 11 FL : 1,896 7,260 27,588 0.023 635 GA : 7,668 13,877 102,690 0.116 11,912 HI : 100 130 507 0.208 105 ID : 94 567 2,098 0.010 21 IL : 810 1,913 7,652 0.010 77 IN : 4,997 9,309 30,720 0.008 246 IA : 17,475 10,337 34,112 0.003 102 KY : 2,419 2,549 19,627 0.096 1,884 LA : 743 1,232 8,747 0.090 787 ME : 1,162 2,089 7,729 0.004 31 MD : 522 1,251 5,004 0.012 60 MA : 16 204 775 0.005 4 MI : 1,075 5,117 16,886 0.001 17 MN : 2,838 5,284 18,494 0.001 18 MS : 1,512 7,437 54,290 0.091 4,940 MO : 1,257 4,645 20,903 0.060 1,254 MT : 50 130 429 0.006 3 NE : 2,982 4,604 14,733 0.001 15 NH : 26 187 842 0.024 20 NJ : 122 817 2,614 0.001 3 NY : 510 3,277 13,763 0.001 14 NC : 1,461 12,399 100,432 0.090 9,039 OH : 6,266 15,977 54,322 0.002 109 OK : 948 2,642 20,608 0.096 1,978 OR : 566 1,080 3,564 0.001 4 PA : 2,448 17,020 57,868 0.010 579 SC : 2,171 3,190 17,864 0.086 1,536 SD : 2,298 298 1,013 0.001 1 TN : 628 1,967 14,753 0.117 1,726 TX : 9,561 8,112 44,616 0.058 2,588 UT : 523 1,610 5,796 0.010 58 VT : 21 127 483 0.012 6 VA : 730 3,441 20,990 0.074 1,553 WA : 555 2,380 8,092 0.001 8 WV : 357 1,620 12,474 0.094 1,173 WI : 1,326 1,561 6,244 0.026 162 WY : 1 8 27 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,345 1,469 4,920 0.004 22 : US 4/ : 92,867 193,116 1,000,535 0.065 64,554 : PR : 148 684 2,599 0.327 850 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. 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