Pou 3-1 (10) Poultry - Production and Value 2009 Summary April 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Contents Page Summary....................................................................... 1 Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2008...................... 2 Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2009...................... 3 Table Eggs: Price by State and United States, 2008-2009....................... 4 All Eggs: Production, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2008-2009.. 5 Turkeys: Production, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2008........ 6 Turkeys: Production, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2009........ 7 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2008........................................................... 8 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price and Value, by State and United States, 2009........................................................... 9 Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates......................... 10 Information Contacts.......................................................... 10 This page is intentionally blank. Summary U.S. Value of Production and Sales Down 12 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2009 was $31.6 billion, down 12 percent from the $36.0 billion in 2008. Of the combined total, 69 percent was from broilers, 19 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. U.S. Value of Broiler Production Down 6 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2009 was $21.8 billion, down 6 percent from 2008. The total number of broilers produced in 2009 was 8.55 billion, down 5 percent from 2008. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2009 was 47.7 billion pounds, down 5 percent from 2008. U.S. Value of Egg Production Down 25 Percent Value of all egg production in 2009 was $6.16 billion, down 25 percent from the $8.22 billion in 2008. Egg production totaled 90.4 million eggs, up slightly percent from the 90.0 million eggs produced in 2008. In 2009, all eggs averaged 81.7 cents per dozen, compared with $1.09 in 2008. U.S. Value of Turkey Production Down 20 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2009 was $3.57 billion, down 20 percent from the $4.48 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2009 totaled 7.15 billion pounds, down 10 percent from the 7.92 billion pounds produced in 2008. The average price received by producers during 2009 was 50.0 cents per pound, compared with 56.5 cents in 2008. U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 5 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2009 was $65.1 million, up 5 percent from the $62.2 million a year ago. Prices averaged 7.2 cents per pound, compared with 6.6 cents in 2008. The number of chickens sold in 2009 totaled 175 million, down slightly from the total sold during the previous year. This report no longer contains annual estimates for Puerto Rico chickens and eggs, this information can be found in Puerto Rico - Various Agricultural Statistics. Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 2008-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 2008 : 23,203,136 8,215,999 4,477,054 62,164 35,958,353 2009 : 21,811,013 6,155,825 3,573,637 65,127 31,605,602 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2008 1/ 2/ 3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Value State : Number : Pounds : of : Produced : Produced : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,062,900 5,846,000 2,689,160 AR : 1,160,000 6,380,000 2,934,800 DE : 242,900 1,578,900 726,294 FL : 63,800 376,400 173,144 GA : 1,409,200 7,468,800 3,435,648 KY : 306,100 1,652,900 760,334 MD : 298,600 1,612,400 741,704 MN : 44,900 238,000 109,480 MS : 840,700 4,876,100 2,243,006 NC : 796,100 5,493,100 2,526,826 OH : 57,500 327,800 150,788 OK : 237,800 1,260,300 579,738 PA : 160,900 933,200 429,272 SC : 236,900 1,516,200 697,452 TN : 199,700 1,018,500 468,510 TX : 641,000 3,461,400 1,592,244 VA : 250,300 1,251,500 575,690 WV : 85,700 351,400 161,644 WI : 51,700 217,100 99,866 : Oth Sts 4/ : 862,600 4,581,600 2,107,536 : Total 5/ : 9,009,300 50,441,600 23,203,136 : 19 Weekly : Sts 6/ : 8,016,800 49,060,800 22,567,968 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. 3/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 4/ CA, CT, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NE, 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. Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2009 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Value State : Number : Pounds : of : Produced : Produced : Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Dollars : AL : 1,002,300 5,512,700 2,519,304 AR : 1,050,900 5,780,000 2,641,460 DE : 231,500 1,597,400 730,012 FL : 42,000 252,000 115,164 GA : 1,322,000 6,874,400 3,141,601 KY : 307,000 1,657,800 757,615 MD : 291,900 1,401,100 640,303 MN : 44,800 241,000 110,137 MS : 793,400 4,601,700 2,102,977 NC : 759,600 5,317,200 2,429,960 OH : 56,400 338,400 154,649 OK : 226,000 1,220,400 557,723 PA : 153,500 859,600 392,837 SC : 237,800 1,521,900 695,508 TN : 189,700 967,500 442,148 TX : 668,700 3,611,000 1,650,227 VA : 240,800 1,204,000 550,228 WV : 82,700 330,800 151,176 WI : 45,800 192,400 87,927 : Oth Sts 3/ : 803,700 4,245,200 1,940,057 : Total 4/ : 8,550,500 47,726,500 21,811,013 : 19 Weekly : Sts 5/ : 8,285,200 46,344,600 21,179,484 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. 2/ Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. 3/ CA, CT, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NE, NY, OR, & WA, combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. 5/ 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, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2008 2/ : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Dozen : AL : 1.030 0.663 AR : 0.979 0.658 CA : 1.000 0.721 CO : 0.984 0.661 CT : 0.917 0.640 FL : 1.010 0.666 GA : 1.040 0.671 HI : 1.420 1.510 IL : 0.970 0.642 IN : 0.985 0.647 IA : 0.918 0.609 KY : 0.966 0.658 LA : 0.961 0.646 ME : 1.220 0.824 MD : 1.120 0.688 MA : 1.240 0.868 MI : 0.956 0.645 MN : 1.020 0.672 MS : 0.993 0.651 MO : 0.924 0.605 MT : 0.998 0.773 NE : 0.973 0.641 NY : 0.991 0.658 NC : 0.970 0.645 OH : 0.970 0.638 OK : 0.974 0.654 OR : 0.985 0.739 PA : 0.917 0.643 SC : 0.912 0.663 SD : 0.968 0.654 TN : 0.970 0.645 TX : 0.985 0.646 UT : 0.951 0.681 VT : 1.010 0.684 VA : 1.020 0.692 WA : 1.070 0.750 WV : 1.050 0.683 WI : 0.982 0.650 WY : 0.965 0.670 : Oth Sts 3/ : 1.060 0.726 : US : 0.974 0.655 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Revised. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Eggs: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2008-2009 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 4/ : 2009 : 2008 4/ : 2009 : 2008 4/ : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,150 2,106 1.670 1.600 298,550 281,043 AR : 3,139 2,935 1.600 1.480 418,062 362,727 CA : 5,271 5,304 1.000 0.723 440,438 319,771 CO : 1,090 1,110 1.070 0.760 96,842 70,308 CT : 780 767 0.925 0.652 60,116 41,686 FL : 2,749 2,670 1.020 0.686 234,515 152,616 GA : 4,576 4,467 1.480 1.260 564,244 469,266 HI : 73.3 69.5 1.420 1.510 8,678 8,759 IL : 1,309 1,253 1.000 0.681 109,290 71,103 IN : 6,523 6,460 0.985 0.656 535,571 353,020 IA : 14,407 14,475 0.931 0.627 1,117,850 755,830 KY : 1,140 1,130 1.370 1.170 130,387 110,285 LA : 479 455 1.190 1.000 47,694 38,009 ME : 1,028 916 1.220 0.828 104,433 63,226 MD : 666 554 1.130 0.718 62,682 33,150 MA : 36 36 1.240 0.868 3,718 2,603 MI : 2,653 2,784 0.957 0.646 211,524 149,883 MN : 2,767 2,777 1.030 0.713 237,237 165,025 MS : 1,511 1,440 1.420 1.320 179,075 158,710 MO : 1,885 1,973 1.050 0.763 165,703 125,456 MT : 115 107 0.998 0.773 9,567 6,890 NE : 2,777 2,749 0.973 0.641 225,242 146,859 NY : 1,167 1,192 0.996 0.669 96,871 66,428 NC : 3,063 3,148 1.470 1.330 373,944 349,371 OH : 7,168 7,392 0.980 0.653 585,477 402,103 OK : 774 769 1.250 1.100 80,888 70,175 OR : 769 732 1.010 0.774 64,775 47,204 PA : 6,189 6,509 0.946 0.674 488,056 365,430 SC : 1,143 1,128 1.090 0.912 104,178 85,739 SD : 691 696 0.968 0.654 55,752 37,936 TN : 351 323 1.460 1.440 42,815 38,665 TX : 4,954 4,985 1.120 0.836 462,283 347,480 UT : 914 918 0.951 0.681 72,422 52,079 VT : 55 57 1.150 0.796 5,252 3,782 VA : 726 741 1.270 1.110 77,103 68,723 WA : 1,533 1,705 1.070 0.750 136,448 106,499 WV : 247 212 1.480 1.450 30,390 25,683 WI : 1,220 1,350 1.010 0.696 102,910 78,301 WY : 2.4 2.4 0.965 0.670 193 134 : Oth Sts5/: 1,951 1,963 1.070 0.757 174,824 123,868 : US : 90,040 90,359 1.090 0.817 8,215,999 6,155,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Price : Value State : Number : Pounds : per : of : Raised 1/ : Produced : Pound 2/ : 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 3/ : 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/ Live weight equivalent price to producers is used when actual live weight price is not available for the State. 3/ Other States include State estimates not shown and States suppressed due to disclosure. Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : 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 : 29,000 568,400 0.50 284,200 CA : 15,000 390,000 0.52 202,800 IN : 15,000 543,000 0.50 271,500 MO : 18,500 610,500 0.50 305,250 NC : 35,500 1,089,850 0.48 523,128 OH : 5,200 203,320 0.52 105,726 PA : 9,000 181,800 0.55 99,990 SC : 11,900 433,160 0.51 220,912 SD : 4,500 186,750 0.44 82,170 UT : 3,200 81,600 0.50 40,800 VA : 17,000 448,800 0.48 215,424 WV : 3,300 96,690 0.48 46,411 : Oth Sts 4/: 80,259 2,316,072 0.51 1,175,326 : US : 247,359 7,149,942 0.500 3,573,637 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2008, through Aug 31, 2009. 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, 2008 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 : 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 : 1,151 1,646 8,230 0.059 486 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 IL : 586 1,855 6,864 0.019 130 IN : 3,739 9,729 33,079 0.007 232 IA : 26,148 6,311 21,457 0.005 107 KY : 1,349 3,027 21,794 0.094 2,049 LA : 309 2,061 12,366 0.078 965 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 3,941 14,582 0.019 277 MS : 2,408 6,588 52,045 0.101 5,257 MO : 923 5,099 23,965 0.051 1,222 MT : 72 108 410 0.001 0 NE : 1,784 6,248 20,618 0.001 21 NY : 596 3,060 10,098 0.002 20 NC : 2,791 14,306 94,420 0.086 8,120 OH : 5,977 8,863 30,134 0.006 181 OK : 911 3,191 22,975 0.093 2,137 OR : 1,654 444 1,510 0.004 6 PA : 1,854 12,791 46,048 0.014 645 SC : 1,167 3,387 18,629 0.070 1,304 SD : 750 716 2,363 0.001 2 TN : 503 2,214 16,826 0.098 1,649 TX : 10,456 5,434 42,385 0.100 4,239 UT : 932 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 1,695 7,289 0.042 306 WY : 1 7 23 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 4/ : 2,145 3,140 11,044 0.010 110 : US 5/ : 101,832 175,573 937,045 0.066 62,164 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December 1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. Excludes broilers. 3/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, 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, 2009 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 : 2,555 12,182 88,929 0.109 9,693 AR : 4,619 13,677 99,842 0.109 10,883 CA : 3,219 9,401 31,023 0.001 31 CO : 884 2,139 9,412 0.051 480 CT : 569 1,526 5,036 0.004 20 FL : 3,302 4,033 15,325 0.026 398 GA : 5,991 13,746 97,597 0.106 10,345 HI : 43 59 230 0.324 75 IL : 822 2,318 8,345 0.016 134 IN : 3,464 9,445 33,058 0.010 331 IA : 26,663 6,622 22,515 0.005 113 KY : 831 3,505 23,133 0.100 2,313 LA : 304 1,637 9,986 0.080 799 ME : 617 1,829 6,036 0.001 6 MD : 237 1,416 5,239 0.023 120 MA : 21 89 294 0.005 1 MI : 923 3,090 10,197 0.001 10 MN : 1,818 5,480 21,372 0.017 363 MS : 2,001 6,474 47,260 0.109 5,151 MO : 1,076 4,239 19,499 0.057 1,111 MT : 72 108 410 0.001 0 NE : 2,197 5,873 18,794 0.001 19 NY : 352 3,010 9,933 0.002 20 NC : 3,170 13,217 87,232 0.099 8,636 OH : 8,113 10,761 36,587 0.006 220 OK : 789 3,020 22,046 0.108 2,381 OR : 1,826 270 891 0.007 6 PA : 1,943 13,549 47,422 0.013 616 SC : 725 3,022 17,225 0.086 1,481 SD : 623 610 2,013 0.001 2 TN : 442 1,770 13,629 0.114 1,554 TX : 11,242 5,723 42,350 0.111 4,701 UT : 495 1,623 5,356 0.001 5 VT : 23 224 851 0.027 23 VA : 826 2,651 16,966 0.097 1,646 WA : 3,466 116 383 0.001 0 WV : 224 1,585 10,461 0.100 1,046 WI : 710 2,008 8,032 0.035 281 WY : 1 7 23 0.001 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 1,971 3,150 10,932 0.010 113 : US 4/ : 99,169 175,204 905,864 0.072 65,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. Excludes broilers. 2/ Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, ID, KS, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, 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. Also, data are collected from layer and egg contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers, or pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets. In every situation, operations are contacted as close to the reference date as possible and given adequate time to respond via mail, fax, or electronic data reporting (EDR). Those that do not respond are contacted by phone. Care is exercised to ensure that all operations of interest 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. NASS field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. 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