United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 3-1 (04) Poultry - Production and Value 2003 Summary April 2004 Production and Value by States, 2002-2003 Value of Production and Sales Up 14 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys and the value of sales from chickens in 2003, was $23.3 billion, up 14 percent from the $20.5 billion in 2002. Of the combined total, 65 percent was from broilers, 23 percent from eggs, 12 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other chickens. Value of Broiler Production Up 13 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2003 was $15.2 billion, up 13 percent from 2002. The total number of broilers produced in 2003 was 8.49 billion, down 1 percent from 2002. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2003 was 44.0 billion pounds, down slightly from 2002. The 2003 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 34.6 cents per pound, compared with 30.5 cents in 2002. Value of Egg Production Up 24 Percent Value of all egg production in 2003 was $5.32 billion, up 24 percent from the $4.28 billion in 2002. Egg production totaled 87.2 billion eggs, down slightly from the 87.3 billion eggs produced in 2002. In 2003, all eggs averaged 73.1 cents per dozen, compared with 58.9 cents in 2002. Value of Turkey Production Down Slightly The value of turkeys produced during 2003 was $2.72 billion, down slightly from the $2.73 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2003 totaled 7.55 billion pounds, compared with 7.49 billion pounds in 2002. The average price received by producers during 2003 was 36.0 cents per pound, compared with 36.5 cents in 2002. Value of Sales of Chicken Down 5 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2003 was $47.7 million, down 5 percent from the $49.9 million a year ago. Prices averaged 4.8 cents per pound, the same as 2002. The number of chickens sold in 2003 totaled 188 million, down 6 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 1994-03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 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 : 15,146,560 4,439,445 2,683,473 79,987 22,349,465 1999 : 15,128,509 4,287,179 2,806,630 75,217 22,297,535 2000 : 13,989,424 4,346,171 2,828,489 63,988 21,228,072 2001 : 16,696,089 4,446,335 2,796,821 47,249 23,986,494 2002 : 13,437,345 4,281,416 2,732,481 49,931 20,501,173 2003 : 15,214,947 5,315,311 2,720,180 47,679 23,298,117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. All Eggs: Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 2002-03 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen 2/ : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,281 2,190 1.560 1.620 296,530 295,650 AR : 3,333 3,384 1.070 1.220 297,193 344,040 CA : 6,257 5,439 0.392 0.623 204,232 282,375 CO : 1,008 1,073 0.591 0.670 49,644 59,909 CT : 856 795 0.519 0.666 37,022 44,123 FL : 2,731 2,804 0.479 0.621 109,012 145,107 GA : 4,967 5,047 0.860 0.941 355,968 395,769 HI : 117.5 117.2 0.904 0.962 8,852 9,396 ID : 242 243 0.576 0.717 11,616 14,519 IL : 893 973 0.442 0.629 32,892 51,001 IN : 5,973 6,035 0.479 0.612 238,422 307,785 IA : 10,101 10,446 0.342 0.529 287,622 460,495 KY : 940 1,122 0.837 0.889 65,565 83,122 LA : 494 487 0.817 0.886 33,633 35,957 ME : 1,080 1,121 0.590 0.755 53,100 70,530 MD : 923 813 0.563 0.682 43,210 46,206 MA : 89 73 0.630 0.802 4,200 4,879 MI : 1,880 1,891 0.403 0.595 63,237 93,762 MN : 3,159 2,962 0.408 0.593 106,216 146,372 MS : 1,588 1,599 1.240 1.270 164,093 169,228 MO : 1,841 1,859 0.497 0.645 76,082 99,921 MT : 104 107 0.460 0.650 3,987 5,796 NE : 2,977 3,126 0.341 0.535 84,596 139,368 NH : 55 43 0.744 0.910 2,976 3,261 NJ : 534 556 0.512 0.630 22,784 29,190 NY : 1,100 1,048 0.489 0.645 44,825 56,330 NC : 2,518 2,523 1.090 1.150 228,718 241,788 OH : 7,940 7,642 0.447 0.588 295,765 374,458 OK : 951 933 0.832 0.927 65,936 72,074 OR : 760 783 0.536 0.667 33,947 43,522 PA : 6,520 6,754 0.514 0.659 279,273 370,907 SC : 1,380 1,373 0.626 0.762 71,990 87,186 SD : 568 761 0.332 0.500 15,715 31,708 TN : 300 290 1.270 1.320 31,750 31,900 TX : 4,774 4,745 0.687 0.784 273,312 310,007 UT : 894 866 0.420 0.520 31,290 37,527 VT : 58 53 0.623 0.818 3,037 3,613 VA : 734 744 0.988 1.180 60,433 73,160 WA : 1,369 1,307 0.486 0.646 55,445 70,360 WV : 262 270 1.400 1.510 30,450 33,975 WI : 1,158 1,137 0.511 0.587 49,312 55,618 WY : 3.6 3.6 0.486 0.620 146 186 : Oth St 3/: 1,537 1,660 0.448 0.602 57,388 83,231 : US 4/ : 87,252 87,196 0.589 0.731 4,281,416 5,315,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates cover the 12 month period Dec 1, previous year through Nov 30. 2/ Average of all eggs, including hatching eggs. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV and RI 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, 2002 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 : 1,051,300 5,361,600 0.300 1,608,480 AR : 1,186,300 5,812,900 0.300 1,743,870 DE : 257,400 1,544,400 0.320 494,208 FL : 114,700 630,900 0.310 195,579 GA : 1,290,500 6,452,500 0.300 1,935,750 HI : 880 3,500 0.555 1,943 KY : 269,900 1,403,500 0.300 421,050 MD : 292,900 1,376,600 0.320 440,512 MN : 44,200 229,800 0.300 68,940 MS : 769,500 4,078,400 0.300 1,223,520 NE : 3,700 20,700 0.300 6,210 NY : 2,900 16,000 0.330 5,280 NC : 735,200 4,411,200 0.310 1,367,472 OH : 39,000 214,500 0.300 64,350 OK : 232,800 1,140,700 0.300 342,210 PA : 133,200 706,000 0.320 225,920 SC : 192,900 1,080,200 0.300 324,060 TN : 186,400 894,700 0.300 268,410 TX : 588,100 2,881,700 0.310 893,327 VA : 265,500 1,301,000 0.300 390,300 WV : 89,700 358,800 0.300 107,640 WI : 33,800 145,300 0.300 43,590 : Oth Sts 4/: 810,300 3,993,800 0.317 1,264,724 : Total 5/ : 8,591,080 44,058,700 0.305 13,437,345 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,364,700 42,929,500 0.305 13,083,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2001, through November 30, 2002. 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, 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, 2003 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 : 1,039,400 5,404,900 0.340 1,837,666 AR : 1,192,400 5,842,800 0.340 1,986,552 DE : 251,200 1,507,200 0.360 542,592 FL : 91,300 511,300 0.350 178,955 GA : 1,260,500 6,302,500 0.340 2,142,850 HI : 750 2,950 0.570 1,682 KY : 275,900 1,489,900 0.340 506,566 MD : 292,400 1,374,300 0.360 494,748 MN : 44,800 228,500 0.340 77,690 MS : 790,300 4,188,600 0.340 1,424,124 NE : 4,000 22,800 0.350 7,980 NY : 2,600 14,600 0.350 5,110 NC : 708,200 4,320,000 0.350 1,512,000 OH : 41,000 225,500 0.350 78,925 OK : 223,000 1,115,000 0.340 379,100 PA : 129,600 686,900 0.360 247,284 SC : 197,400 1,144,900 0.340 389,266 TN : 182,300 948,000 0.340 322,320 TX : 601,500 2,947,400 0.350 1,031,590 VA : 265,100 1,299,000 0.340 441,660 WV : 87,200 357,500 0.340 121,550 WI : 34,400 154,800 0.350 54,180 : Oth Sts 4/: 777,600 3,868,850 0.370 1,430,557 : Total 5/ : 8,492,850 43,958,200 0.346 15,214,947 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,266,500 42,827,700 0.346 14,802,231 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003. 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, 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. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 29,500 522,150 0.38 198,417 CA : 17,700 438,960 0.36 158,026 CT : 7 174 1.27 221 DE : 3 94 0.37 35 IL : 2,900 89,900 0.36 32,364 IN : 13,000 403,000 0.36 145,080 IA : 8,400 261,240 0.36 94,046 MD : 480 15,648 0.37 5,790 MA : 68 1,686 1.50 2,529 MI : 4,800 179,520 0.35 62,832 MN : 44,000 1,148,400 0.36 413,424 MO : 25,500 782,850 0.36 281,826 NH : 5 124 1.59 197 NJ : 34 697 0.79 551 NY : 520 12,220 0.37 4,521 NC : 45,500 1,160,250 0.37 429,293 ND : 1,900 49,590 0.33 16,365 OH : 5,700 218,880 0.35 76,608 PA : 9,900 233,640 0.39 91,120 SC : 9,900 369,270 0.37 136,630 SD : 4,800 158,880 0.35 55,608 VT : 53 1,314 1.37 1,800 VA : 20,000 446,000 0.37 165,020 WV : 4,000 89,200 0.37 33,004 : Oth Sts 3/: 26,807 911,174 0.36 327,174 : US : 275,477 7,494,861 0.365 2,732,481 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2001, through Aug 31, 2002. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ CT, MA, MI, NH, NJ, ND, PA, UT, and VT are actual live weight prices. All other States 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, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars : AR : 26,500 477,000 0.37 176,490 CA : 17,300 418,660 0.36 150,718 CT : 5 135 1.22 165 IL : 2,900 90,190 0.35 31,567 IN : 12,800 396,800 0.35 138,880 IA : 8,500 267,750 0.36 96,390 MD : 500 15,400 0.39 6,006 MA : 73 1,847 1.47 2,715 MI : 5,000 191,000 0.36 68,760 MN : 45,000 1,215,000 0.35 425,250 MO : 26,500 816,200 0.35 285,670 NH : 5 132 1.70 224 NJ : 33 686 0.78 535 NY : 570 13,281 0.36 4,781 NC : 42,500 1,105,000 0.36 397,800 ND : 1,100 29,480 0.34 10,023 OH : 5,500 212,300 0.39 82,797 PA : 9,500 215,650 0.47 101,356 SC : 13,000 494,000 0.35 172,900 SD : 4,600 152,720 0.34 51,925 VT : 52 1,196 1.49 1,782 VA : 23,000 492,200 0.36 177,192 WV : 4,300 92,020 0.36 33,127 : Oth Sts 3/: 25,110 850,686 0.36 303,127 : US : 274,348 7,549,333 0.360 2,720,180 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2002, through Aug 31, 2003. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2/ CO, CT, DE, MA, MI, NE, NH, NJ, ND, OH, PA, 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. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value by State and United States, 2002 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 : 1,634 9,229 70,140 0.076 5,331 AR : 2,740 14,560 115,024 0.080 9,202 CA : 3,106 9,954 36,830 0.008 295 CO : 1,104 1,337 5,348 0.002 11 CT : 276 2,127 7,870 0.003 24 FL : 2,880 4,113 16,452 0.031 510 GA : 5,131 16,947 127,103 0.082 10,422 HI : 118 158 569 0.179 102 ID : 90 520 1,976 0.010 20 IL : 442 1,329 5,316 0.015 80 IN : 2,155 7,301 24,823 0.005 124 IA : 7,137 12,254 42,889 0.001 43 KY : 399 3,166 19,629 0.063 1,237 LA : 482 1,445 8,237 0.056 461 ME : 494 2,695 10,511 0.004 42 MD : 338 2,345 9,146 0.010 91 MA : 16 256 998 0.005 5 MI : 467 3,849 13,472 0.001 13 MN : 1,651 5,167 18,601 0.001 19 MS : 945 7,590 54,648 0.080 4,372 MO : 905 3,710 20,405 0.050 1,020 MT : 37 115 414 0.010 4 NE : 2,940 5,161 18,064 0.001 18 NH : 12 291 1,630 0.036 59 NJ : 143 1,151 3,913 0.001 4 NY : 329 2,399 10,076 0.001 10 NC : 1,321 13,264 102,133 0.070 7,149 OH : 5,244 17,322 60,627 0.005 303 OK : 809 3,570 21,420 0.080 1,714 OR : 308 884 3,094 0.001 3 PA : 2,014 14,694 52,898 0.010 529 SC : 2,671 2,232 13,392 0.063 844 SD : 740 567 1,985 0.027 54 TN : 205 1,657 11,102 0.065 722 TX : 2,504 12,897 63,195 0.039 2,465 UT : 260 2,003 7,812 0.010 78 VT : 17 211 823 0.007 6 VA : 686 3,037 18,526 0.062 1,149 WA : 569 2,272 7,498 0.001 7 WV : 223 1,605 12,680 0.087 1,103 WI : 1,049 1,733 7,105 0.022 156 WY : 1 12 42 0.010 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 738 2,802 10,702 0.012 130 : US : 55,330 199,931 1,039,118 0.048 49,931 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value by State and United States, 2003 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 : 1,656 9,917 76,361 0.068 5,193 AR : 3,139 15,941 125,934 0.070 8,815 CA : 8,050 8,532 31,568 0.005 158 CO : 1,096 1,931 8,690 0.035 304 CT : 1,461 823 2,963 0.002 6 FL : 4,404 2,920 13,140 0.029 381 GA : 3,758 17,957 113,129 0.069 7,806 HI : 122 158 553 0.177 98 ID : 86 613 2,329 0.010 23 IL : 330 1,778 7,112 0.010 71 IN : 2,267 7,529 24,846 0.008 199 IA : 19,465 10,665 36,261 0.001 36 KY : 454 3,512 21,774 0.067 1,459 LA : 705 863 7,508 0.084 631 ME : 727 2,679 10,180 0.002 20 MD : 884 1,778 6,401 0.016 102 MA : 32 227 863 0.003 3 MI : 2,063 3,464 11,778 0.001 12 MN : 1,267 4,645 16,722 0.015 251 MS : 1,226 7,256 52,243 0.078 4,075 MO : 936 4,438 21,746 0.047 1,022 MT : 38 128 422 0.010 4 NE : 2,622 5,387 18,316 0.001 18 NH : 22 232 1,183 0.024 28 NJ : 136 896 3,046 0.001 3 NY : 344 2,652 9,017 0.001 9 NC : 1,212 11,712 80,813 0.080 6,465 OH : 6,747 12,780 43,452 0.001 43 OK : 841 3,230 24,225 0.080 1,938 OR : 309 816 2,774 0.001 3 PA : 2,031 12,647 44,265 0.010 443 SC : 1,778 2,381 14,762 0.066 974 SD : 772 488 1,708 0.001 2 TN : 278 1,644 11,837 0.080 947 TX : 2,826 13,014 66,371 0.050 3,319 UT : 458 1,776 6,571 0.010 66 VT : 20 183 897 0.016 14 VA : 566 3,497 21,681 0.072 1,561 WA : 696 2,285 8,226 0.001 8 WV : 282 1,602 12,335 0.076 937 WI : 1,169 1,468 6,166 0.029 179 WY : 1 8 28 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 1,268 1,716 6,018 0.008 53 : US : 78,544 188,168 976,214 0.048 47,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 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