HDR1012000170120428951500CATFISH PRODUCTION HDR2012000170120428951500CATFISH PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS Released April 28, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Estimates refer to April 1, 1994, and April 1, 1995. Foodsize Inventory Up 17 Percent Commercial catfish operations in the four major producing States (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) had 139 million foodsize fish on hand on April 1, 1995, up 17 percent from April 1, 1994. Live weight totaled 163 million pounds for all foodsize fish, 18 percent above April 1 a year ago. The breakout of foodsize fish on April 1, 1995, with percent changes from the previous year are: large foodsize, at 2.43 million, up 32 percent; medium foodsize, at 24.6 million, up 6 percent; and small foodsize, at 112 million, up 20 percent. The four major States also had 1.15 million broodfish on hand on April 1, 1995, down 3 percent from last year's 1.18 million. Live weight totaled 5.47 million pounds for broodfish, 1 percent below April 1, 1994. The number of stockers on hand on April 1, 1995, totaled 503 million fish, up 3 percent from the 490 million fish on hand a year ago. Of the total number of stockers on hand, 249 million were large stockers, up 4 percent from the previous year. The remaining 254 million were small stockers, up 1 percent. Live weight totaled 126 million pounds for all stockers,2 percent above April1 last year. Producers had 590 million fingerlings on hand on April 1, 1995, up 12 percent from the 526 million fingerlings on hand April 1, 1994. Live weight, however, at 18.2 million pounds, fell 3 percent from the 18.7 million pounds a year ago. During the January - March quarter, 239 million catfish were stocked into growout ponds,up 20 percent from the 200 million stocked during the same period a year ago. These 239 million fish consisted of 27.3 million large stockers, 64.9 million small stockers, and 147 million fingerlings. For information call Joel Moore (202) 720-3244. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Aq 2 (4-95) HDR2012000170120428951500NO.&LV WT OF BROODFISH BY ST, APR 1, '94-95 Catfish: Number and Live Weight of Broodfish by State, April 1, 1994-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Live Weight State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 -------- ----- 1,000 Pounds ---- : AL : 152 106 840 588 AR : 180 134 767 653 LA : 100 86 450 435 MS : 745 820 3,498 3,798 : Total : 1,177 1,146 5,555 5,474 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000170120428951500NO.&LV WT FDSZ FISH BY SZ,ST&TL APR 1' 94-95 Catfish: Number and Live Weight of Foodsize Fish by Size, State, and Total, April 1, 1994-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Live Weight State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------- 1,000 --------- ------ 1,000 Pounds ----- : : Large 1/ AL : 301 610 979 2,147 AR : 580 560 2,024 1,843 LA : 90 135 335 440 MS : 877 1,127 2,934 3,956 : Total : 1,848 2,432 6,272 8,386 : : Medium 2/ : AL : 2,891 3,843 5,028 7,498 AR : 3,862 3,695 7,336 6,756 LA : 1,080 3,210 1,930 6,600 MS : 15,467 13,880 27,130 25,626 : Total : 23,300 24,628 41,424 46,480 : : Small 3/ : AL : 13,919 18,297 12,003 17,508 AR : 11,649 14,893 11,196 13,728 LA : 6,000 12,850 5,500 12,450 MS : 61,794 65,810 61,865 64,334 : Total : 93,362 111,850 90,564 108,020 : : Total : AL : 17,111 22,750 18,010 27,153 AR : 16,091 19,148 20,556 22,327 LA : 7,170 16,195 7,765 19,490 MS : 78,138 80,817 91,929 93,916 : Total : 118,510 138,910 138,260 162,886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Over 3 lbs/fish. 2/ Over 1 1/2 lbs to 3 lbs/fish. 3/ Over 3/4 lbs to 1 1/2 lbs/fish. HDR2012000170120428951500NO.&LV WT STKRS FISH BY SZ,ST&TL APR 1' 94-95 Catfish: Number and Live Weight of Stockers by Size, State, and Total, April 1, 1994-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Live Weight State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------- 1,000 --------- ------ 1,000 Pounds ----- : : Large 1/ AL : 14,148 18,746 6,163 6,860 AR : 21,777 16,355 7,163 6,631 LA : 14,150 7,800 6,850 2,650 MS : 188,752 206,418 79,487 85,302 : Total : 238,827 249,319 99,663 101,443 : : Small 2/ : AL : 27,504 30,361 2,634 2,565 AR : 18,091 30,260 1,794 2,899 LA : 22,800 27,400 2,200 2,940 MS : 182,285 165,752 17,351 15,801 : Total : 250,680 253,773 23,979 24,205 : : Total : AL : 41,652 49,107 8,797 9,425 AR : 39,868 46,615 8,957 9,530 LA : 36,950 35,200 9,050 5,590 MS : 371,037 372,170 96,838 101,103 : Total : 489,507 503,092 123,642 125,648 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Over 180 lbs to 750 lbs/1,000 fish. 2/ Over 60 lbs to 180 lbs/1,000 fish. HDR2012000170120428951500NO.&LV WT FNGRLNGS BY ST, APR 1' 94-95 Catfish: Number and Live Weight of Fingerlings by State, April 1, 1994-95 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Live Weight State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------- 1,000 --------- ----- 1,000 Pounds ----- : AL : 36,284 30,391 1,215 1,006 AR : 53,886 86,749 1,899 3,216 LA : 40,200 41,400 1,900 1,860 MS : 395,864 431,133 13,711 12,141 : Total : 526,234 589,673 18,725 18,223 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Over 2 lbs to 60 lbs/1,000 fish. HDR2012000170120428951500NO.STKD IN GRWOUT PNDS,PRV QTR,JAN-MAR '94-95 Catfish: Number Stocked in Growout Ponds During Previous Quarter by Size Group and State, January-March 1994-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : March State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : : Large Stockers : AL : * * * * * * AR : * * * * * * LA : 115 4,280 570 400 1,100 * MS : 673 3,006 * 7,575 1,960 6,167 : Total : 2,330 8,333 6,043 10,661 3,702 8,260 : : Small Stockers : AL : 2,030 5,165 3,989 5,329 * 3,346 AR : * * * * * * LA : 2,900 * * * 2,500 * MS : * 7,162 6,767 11,048 17,173 15,788 : Total : 6,366 23,340 12,972 20,455 28,276 21,109 : : Fingerlings : AL : * 6,758 * 7,805 * 9,624 AR : * * * * * * LA : 5,600 * 8,300 * 17,100 * MS : 5,362 1,700 22,342 33,270 62,016 49,815 : Total : 13,402 28,564 36,023 43,658 90,867 74,990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published separately to avoid disclosure of individual operations. HDR2012000170120428951500ROUND WT PRCSD BY MNTH US, '88-CURRENT Catfish: Round Weight Processed by Month, United States, 1988-Current -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : 1988 : 26,018 27,786 28,179 20,805 20,351 22,839 1989 : 26,948 28,559 29,458 27,310 28,892 27,598 1990 : 33,066 31,884 33,120 30,980 31,542 28,967 1991 : 32,206 33,036 35,951 31,205 31,322 31,588 1992 : 36,200 39,228 45,048 41,177 39,111 36,813 1993 : 40,327 40,277 43,521 39,920 37,030 35,496 1994 : 36,714 35,035 40,446 34,494 34,163 34,595 1995 : 38,807 38,515 42,200 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : 1988 : 23,687 26,941 24,611 26,221 25,037 22,634 295,109 1989 : 27,827 28,371 30,366 31,670 29,096 25,805 341,900 1990 : 29,540 31,108 27,566 29,211 27,913 25,538 360,435 1991 : 32,720 32,912 33,244 35,400 31,114 30,172 390,870 1992 : 36,128 37,958 37,857 39,212 35,073 33,562 457,367 1993 : 37,086 37,706 37,072 39,472 36,557 34,549 459,013 1994 : 35,901 39,813 38,716 39,072 36,054 34,266 439,269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000170120428951500PRCS PD PRDCRS BY MNTH US, '88-CURRENT Catfish: Prices Paid To Producers by Month, United States, 1988-Current 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pounds : 1988 : 68.0 72.0 75.0 75.0 75.0 78.0 1989 : 78.0 78.0 77.0 76.0 76.0 75.0 1990 : 72.0 74.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 1991 : 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 66.0 65.0 1992 : 53.0 56.0 60.0 63.0 63.0 61.0 1993 : 63.0 67.0 70.0 71.0 72.0 72.0 1994 : 74.0 77.0 79.0 80.0 80.0 80.0 1995 : 78.0 79.0 79.0 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Ann. Avg. :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cents per Pounds : 1988 : 80.0 80.0 79.0 79.0 78.0 78.0 76.4 1989 : 71.0 68.0 65.0 64.0 64.0 68.0 71.5 1990 : 76.0 76.0 76.0 76.0 75.0 72.0 75.8 1991 : 63.0 60.0 59.0 58.0 57.0 53.0 63.1 1992 : 59.0 58.0 59.0 61.0 62.0 63.0 59.8 1993 : 72.0 73.0 73.0 73.0 73.0 73.0 70.9 1994 : 80.0 80.0 80.0 77.0 77.0 77.0 78.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Price of fish delivered to processing plant door. Price includes charges for any services provided by the processing plant, but does not include any adjustments based on year-end settlements. HDR2012000170120428951500CTFSH PRODUCTION ESTIMATES Catfish Production Estimates Survey Procedures: About 900 operators were contacted during the first half of April by mail, telephone, and personal face-to-face interview, and 84 percent provided a usable report. An attempt was made to contact all known catfish producers during this time. States use every available source of producer names to make their list as complete as possible. Great care is exercised to ensure that all operations are accounted for in the estimates. Estimation Procedures: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. Reliability: Catfish production estimates are based on a census of all known active producers and, therefore, have no sampling variability. However, estimates may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing of the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Revision policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when current estimates are made. Revisions are the result of late or corrected data. Definitions Used for Catfish Production: Broodfish - Fish kept for egg production, including males. Broodfish produce the fertilized eggs which go to hatcheries. The most desirable size is 3 to 10 pounds or 4 to 6 years of age. Large Foodsize - Fish weighing over 3 pounds. Medium Foodsize - Fish weighing over one and one-half pounds to 3 pounds. Small Foodsize - Fish weighing over three-fourths pound to one and one-half pounds. Large Stockers - Fish weighing over 180 pounds to 750 pounds per 1,000 fish. Small Stockers - Fish weighing over 60 pounds to 180 pounds per 1,000 fish. Fingerlings/Fry - Fish weighing 60 pounds per 1,000 fish and less. 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