United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 3-1 (01) Poultry - Production and Value 2000 Summary April 2001 Production and Value by States, 1999-2000 Value of Production and Sales Down 5 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys and the value of sales from chickens in 2000, was $21.2 billion, down 5 percent from the $22.3 billion in 1999. Of the combined total, 66 percent was from broilers, 20 percent from eggs, 13 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other chickens. Value of Broiler Production Down 8 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2000 was $14.0 billion, down 8 percent from 1999. The total number of broilers produced in 2000 was 8.26 billion, up 1 percent from 1999. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2000 was 41.5 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 1999. The 2000 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 33.6 cents per pound, compared to 37.1 cents per pound in 1999. Value of Egg Production Up 1 Percent Value of egg production in 2000 was $4.35 billion, up 1 percent from the $4.29 billion in 1999. Egg production totaled 84.4 billion eggs, up 2 percent from the 82.7 billion eggs produced in 1999. In 2000, eggs averaged 61.8 cents per dozen, compared with 62.2 cents in 1999. Value of Turkey Production Up 1 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2000 was $2.84 billion, up 1 percent from the $2.81 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2000 totaled 6.99 billion pounds live weight, compared with 6.89 billion pounds in 1999. The average price received by producers during 2000 was 40.7 cents per pound, compared with 40.8 cents in 1999. Value of Sales of Chicken Down 9 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2000 was $64.7 million, down 12 percent from the $73.2 million a year ago. Prices averaged 5.8 cents per pound, compared with 7.1 cents in 1999. The number of chickens sold in 2000 totaled 218 million, up 4 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 1991-00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 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 3,789,834 2,643,057 73,050 17,877,664 1995 : 11,762,222 3,892,912 2,769,397 60,153 18,484,684 1996 : 13,903,479 4,776,252 3,124,496 59,187 21,863,414 1997 : 14,158,926 4,539,929 2,884,377 71,461 21,654,693 1998 : 15,144,551 4,439,446 2,679,301 75,542 22,338,840 1999 : 15,128,840 4,287,164 2,809,874 73,150 22,299,028 2000 : 13,953,196 4,347,190 2,843,242 64,655 21,208,283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Eggs: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1999-00 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen 2/ : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,450 2,378 1.230 1.310 251,125 259,598 AR : 3,458 3,559 1.110 1.060 319,865 314,378 CA : 6,606 6,293 0.479 0.453 263,690 237,561 CO : 921 988 0.636 0.697 48,813 57,386 CT : 828 866 0.578 0.555 39,882 40,053 DE : 257 386 0.713 0.670 15,270 21,552 FL : 2,776 2,723 0.465 0.478 107,570 108,466 GA : 5,176 5,114 0.879 0.868 379,142 369,913 HI : 149 143 0.870 0.890 10,803 10,636 ID : 255 249 0.620 0.611 13,175 12,678 IL : 876 944 0.472 0.472 34,456 37,131 IN : 5,838 6,098 0.517 0.516 251,521 262,214 IA : 6,754 7,554 0.380 0.383 213,877 241,099 KS : 387 416 0.418 0.390 13,470 13,523 KY : 922 940 0.785 0.904 60,314 70,813 LA : 481 493 0.811 0.810 32,508 33,278 ME : 1,356 1,135 0.622 0.596 70,286 56,377 MD : 894 845 0.599 0.598 44,625 42,109 MA : 109 93 0.654 0.627 5,946 4,875 MI : 1,533 1,621 0.420 0.420 53,655 56,739 MN : 3,138 3,271 0.438 0.428 114,537 116,666 MS : 1,569 1,581 1.210 1.180 158,207 155,465 MO : 1,690 1,614 0.516 0.520 72,670 69,940 MT : 94 84 0.430 0.460 3,368 3,220 NE : 2,837 2,999 0.395 0.375 93,385 93,719 NH : 34 39 0.902 0.859 2,526 2,813 NJ : 547 574 0.556 0.527 25,344 25,208 NY : 1,017 1,113 0.556 0.564 47,121 52,311 NC : 2,587 2,490 1.070 1.070 230,674 222,025 OH : 8,193 8,163 0.517 0.503 352,982 342,166 OK : 945 931 0.876 0.838 68,985 65,015 OR : 774 805 0.499 0.482 32,198 32,334 PA : 6,135 6,313 0.541 0.546 276,586 287,242 RI : 15 12 0.661 0.625 826 625 SC : 1,215 1,245 0.644 0.642 65,205 66,608 SD : 592 585 0.373 0.354 18,401 17,258 TN : 274 278 1.170 1.240 26,715 28,727 TX : 4,413 4,423 0.654 0.697 240,509 256,903 UT : 521 712 0.443 0.434 19,234 25,751 VT : 65 68 0.619 0.598 3,327 3,389 VA : 845 824 0.885 0.963 62,319 66,126 WA : 1,312 1,310 0.540 0.549 59,031 59,942 WV : 237 249 1.270 1.460 25,093 30,307 WI : 1,031 1,225 0.416 0.479 35,741 48,898 WY : 3.6 3.6 0.470 0.550 141 165 : Oth St 3/: 603 656 0.438 0.438 22,046 23,988 : US 4/ : 82,715 84,412 0.622 0.618 4,287,164 4,347,190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ND, NM and NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 4/ States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. Broilers: Production, Price, and Value by State and Total, 1999 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 : 971,200 4,953,100 0.380 1,882,178 AR : 1,196,200 5,861,400 0.370 2,168,718 DE : 251,700 1,409,500 0.360 507,420 FL : 122,200 647,700 0.380 246,126 GA : 1,239,700 6,198,500 0.370 2,293,445 HI : 1,000 4,300 0.520 2,236 KY : 188,800 981,800 0.370 363,266 MD : 294,400 1,472,000 0.360 529,920 MI : 750 3,800 0.360 1,368 MN : 44,200 216,600 0.360 77,976 MS : 735,100 3,675,500 0.360 1,323,180 MO : 249,700 1,123,700 0.370 415,769 NE : 11,500 59,800 0.370 22,126 NY : 2,000 11,000 0.390 4,290 NC : 674,600 3,865,500 0.370 1,430,235 OH : 50,500 262,600 0.370 97,162 OK : 216,400 1,017,100 0.370 376,327 PA : 135,300 703,600 0.370 260,332 SC : 191,300 924,000 0.370 341,880 TN : 150,800 723,800 0.370 267,806 TX : 507,900 2,387,100 0.370 883,227 VA : 268,700 1,316,600 0.360 473,976 WV : 89,500 358,000 0.370 132,460 WI : 33,800 158,900 0.360 57,204 : Oth Sts 4/: 518,760 2,493,900 0.389 970,213 : Total 5/ : 8,146,010 40,829,800 0.371 15,128,840 : 15 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 7,080,200 35,779,500 0.370 13,254,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 1998, through November 30, 1999. 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/ CA, IN, IA, LA, ME, OR & WA, 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, 2000 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 : 1,038,700 5,297,400 0.330 1,748,142 AR : 1,191,700 5,839,300 0.330 1,926,969 DE : 247,700 1,461,400 0.340 496,876 FL : 119,900 647,500 0.350 226,625 GA : 1,229,700 6,148,500 0.330 2,029,005 HI : 900 3,700 0.545 2,017 KY : 208,200 1,041,000 0.330 343,530 MD : 283,300 1,359,800 0.340 462,332 MN : 44,200 221,000 0.330 72,930 MS : 739,900 3,699,500 0.330 1,220,835 MO : 240,000 1,080,000 0.330 356,400 NE : 3,400 19,000 0.330 6,270 NY : 2,100 11,800 0.360 4,248 NC : 698,400 4,050,700 0.350 1,417,745 OH : 45,700 223,900 0.330 73,887 OK : 223,100 1,093,200 0.330 360,756 PA : 133,300 693,200 0.350 242,620 SC : 196,800 1,003,700 0.330 331,221 TN : 151,300 696,000 0.330 229,680 TX : 551,000 2,589,700 0.340 880,498 VA : 264,900 1,298,000 0.340 441,320 WV : 91,300 365,200 0.340 124,168 WI : 32,800 147,600 0.340 50,184 : Oth Sts 4/: 524,330 2,525,160 0.358 904,938 : Total 5/ : 8,262,630 41,516,260 0.336 13,953,196 : 15 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 7,137,700 36,269,400 0.336 12,203,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 1999, through November 30, 2000. 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, IN, IA, LA, ME, MI, OR & WA, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 5/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 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, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 27,000 491,400 0.44 216,216 CA : 17,500 428,750 0.45 192,938 CT : 5 125 1.12 140 DE : 4 100 0.43 43 IL : 2,900 80,910 0.41 33,173 IN : 13,500 376,650 0.41 154,427 IA : 7,800 233,220 0.36 83,959 MD : 600 15,000 0.43 6,450 MA : 78 2,067 1.28 2,646 MI : 2,700 85,590 0.41 35,092 MN : 43,500 1,065,750 0.35 373,013 MO : 22,000 616,000 0.45 277,200 NH : 15 360 1.40 504 NJ : 50 1,090 0.72 785 NY : 490 11,907 0.44 5,239 NC : 44,000 1,069,200 0.42 449,064 ND : 1,800 44,100 0.35 15,435 OH : 4,700 172,020 0.35 60,207 PA : 9,800 222,460 0.42 93,433 SC : 9,500 325,850 0.42 136,857 SD : 4,200 136,500 0.35 47,775 VT : 41 943 1.13 1,066 VA : 24,000 525,600 0.42 220,752 WV : 4,500 95,400 0.43 41,022 : Oth Sts 3/: 29,811 885,414 0.41 362,438 : US : 270,494 6,886,406 0.408 2,809,874 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1998, through Aug 31, 1999. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ IA and MN are actual live weight prices. All other States' prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 3/ CO, KS, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 28,000 498,400 0.44 219,296 CA : 18,000 439,200 0.48 210,816 CT : 5 125 1.19 149 DE : 4 120 0.43 52 IL : 2,900 82,360 0.41 33,768 IN : 13,500 383,400 0.41 157,194 IA : 7,100 214,420 0.34 72,903 MD : 440 15,400 0.43 6,622 MA : 79 1,975 1.33 2,627 MI : 3,500 119,000 0.34 40,460 MN : 43,500 1,061,400 0.34 360,876 MO : 23,000 618,700 0.44 272,228 NH : 14 350 1.49 522 NJ : 59 1,227 0.79 969 NY : 510 12,393 0.43 5,329 NC : 41,000 1,033,200 0.42 433,944 ND : 2,000 48,800 0.36 17,568 OH : 4,400 165,000 0.36 59,400 PA : 9,300 252,960 0.45 113,832 SC : 9,900 334,620 0.42 140,540 SD : 4,300 141,470 0.34 48,100 VT : 47 1,175 1.20 1,410 VA : 25,500 553,350 0.43 237,941 WV : 4,100 88,970 0.43 38,257 : Oth Sts 3/: 28,811 920,364 0.40 368,439 : US : 269,969 6,988,379 0.407 2,843,242 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1999, through Aug 31, 2000. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ IA and MN are actual live weight prices. All other States' prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 3/ CO, KS, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1999 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 : 2,100 8,800 65,120 0.142 9,247 AR : 4,055 13,286 96,988 0.101 9,796 CA : 4,070 13,807 49,705 0.040 1,988 CO : 467 2,431 10,940 0.040 438 CT : 424 2,302 8,517 0.005 43 DE : 127 252 1,588 0.107 170 FL : 2,138 4,641 17,172 0.027 464 GA : 3,685 21,270 155,271 0.110 17,080 HI : 121 212 700 0.181 127 ID : 78 509 1,985 0.025 50 IL : 379 1,990 6,766 0.010 68 IN : 2,314 12,368 42,051 0.020 841 IA : 5,878 11,391 38,729 0.011 426 KS : 120 731 2,559 0.014 36 KY : 666 2,400 14,880 0.104 1,548 LA : 272 1,267 7,222 0.068 491 ME : 723 3,641 14,200 0.005 71 MD : 408 1,740 7,134 0.078 556 MA : 43 377 1,433 0.003 4 MI : 569 3,294 11,200 0.020 224 MN : 1,700 6,200 21,700 0.011 239 MS : 1,535 8,140 57,794 0.141 8,149 MO : 1,036 4,148 18,251 0.050 913 MT : 35 216 864 0.020 17 NE : 2,342 5,182 17,101 0.011 188 NH : 17 135 729 0.070 51 NJ : 743 643 2,186 0.036 79 NY : 320 2,779 10,282 0.005 51 NC : 1,871 9,956 71,683 0.080 5,735 OH : 4,154 18,032 63,112 0.010 631 OK : 802 3,585 21,152 0.101 2,136 OR : 301 1,591 5,409 0.010 54 PA : 4,679 13,328 47,981 0.075 3,599 RI : 7 48 182 0.006 1 SC : 636 3,027 14,530 0.082 1,191 SD : 686 806 2,418 0.010 24 TN : 183 1,414 9,615 0.127 1,221 TX : 2,853 12,370 58,139 0.037 2,151 UT : 177 1,116 4,464 0.033 147 VT : 22 177 655 0.002 1 VA : 406 3,182 19,728 0.080 1,578 WA : 643 3,094 10,520 0.010 105 WV : 194 1,251 9,383 0.100 938 WI : 652 2,234 9,159 0.027 247 WY : 1 11 36 0.050 2 : Oth Sts 3/ : 319 799 2,839 0.012 34 : US : 54,951 210,173 1,034,072 0.071 73,150 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and excludes broilers. 2/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason during the 12-month period. 3/ AK, AZ, ND, NM and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value by State and United States, 2000 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 : 2,300 8,800 66,880 0.067 4,481 AR : 3,395 14,880 102,672 0.080 8,214 CA : 3,167 13,232 48,958 0.040 1,958 CO : 455 2,310 9,471 0.030 284 CT : 288 2,190 8,322 0.005 42 DE : 135 984 5,904 0.051 301 FL : 2,718 2,978 12,508 0.054 675 GA : 3,665 22,437 166,034 0.127 21,086 HI : 116 160 528 0.186 98 ID : 96 515 2,009 0.020 40 IL : 338 1,604 5,454 0.010 55 IN : 2,091 9,680 32,912 0.010 329 IA : 5,126 13,357 61,442 0.002 123 KS : 201 686 2,401 0.008 19 KY : 761 2,800 16,240 0.053 861 LA : 269 1,607 9,160 0.056 513 ME : 532 3,373 13,155 0.004 53 MD : 369 1,816 12,712 0.074 941 MA : 26 272 1,061 0.004 4 MI : 624 3,238 11,333 0.040 453 MN : 1,500 6,277 22,597 0.002 45 MS : 1,255 7,395 53,244 0.060 3,195 MO : 755 5,797 26,087 0.050 1,304 MT : 38 222 999 0.025 25 NE : 2,372 6,193 21,056 0.021 442 NH : 13 131 668 0.036 24 NJ : 183 1,010 3,535 0.070 247 NY : 360 2,464 10,595 0.010 106 NC : 1,324 12,750 95,625 0.063 6,024 OH : 5,195 19,112 64,981 0.004 260 OK : 749 3,235 19,410 0.080 1,553 OR : 294 1,250 6,500 0.010 65 PA : 2,367 12,900 46,440 0.075 3,483 RI : 6 48 187 0.004 1 SC : 608 3,858 22,762 0.074 1,684 SD : 693 773 2,319 0.003 7 TN : 186 1,240 8,556 0.078 667 TX : 3,312 14,520 68,244 0.042 2,866 UT : 198 1,088 4,352 0.020 87 VT : 18 235 893 0.003 3 VA : 398 3,243 18,485 0.065 1,202 WA : 671 2,683 9,122 0.010 91 WV : 159 1,406 7,311 0.065 475 WI : 786 2,052 8,003 0.017 136 WY : 1 12 41 0.050 2 : Oth Sts 3/ : 394 1,558 5,401 0.024 131 : US : 50,507 218,371 1,116,569 0.058 64,655 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30 and excludes broilers. 2/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason during the 12-month period. 3/ AK, AZ, ND, NM and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 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