United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 3-1 (05) Poultry - Production and Value 2004 Summary April 2005 Contents Page Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Chickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Summary U.S. Value of Production and Sales Up 24 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2004, was $28.9 billion, up 24 percent from the $23.3 billion in 2003. Of the combined total, 71 percent was from broilers, 18 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 34 Percent The value of broilers produced during 2004 was $20.4 billion, up 34 percent from 2003. The total number of broilers produced in 2004 was 8.74 billion, up 3 percent from 2003. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2004 was 45.8 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2003. The 2004 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 44.6 cents per pound, compared with 34.6 cents in 2003. U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 21 Percent The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2004 was $58.0 million, up 21 percent from the $47.8 million a year ago. Prices averaged 5.8 cents per pound, compared with 4.9 cents in 2003. The number of chickens sold in 2004 totaled 192 million, up 1 percent from the total sold during the previous year. U.S. Value of Egg Production Down 1 Percent Value of all egg production in 2004 was $5.30 billion, down 1 percent from the $5.33 billion in 2003. Egg production totaled 89.1 billion eggs, up 2 percent from the 87.5 billion eggs produced in 2003. In 2004, all eggs averaged 71.4 cents per dozen, compared with 73.2 cents in 2003. U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 14 Percent The value of turkeys produced during 2004 was $3.07 billion, up 14 percent from the $2.70 billion the previous year. Turkey production in 2004 totaled 7.30 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the 7.49 billion pounds produced in 2003. The average price received by producers during 2004 was 42.0 cents per pound, compared with 36.1 cents in 2003. 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, 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Broilers 1/ : Eggs : Turkeys : Chickens 2/ : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Dollars : 2003 : 15,214,947 5,333,014 2,699,673 47,811 23,295,445 2004 : 20,446,086 5,303,244 3,065,417 58,010 28,872,757 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. 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. 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. Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 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 : 3,328 15,941 125,934 0.070 8,815 CA : 8,389 8,953 34,917 0.005 175 CO : 1,096 1,931 8,690 0.035 304 CT : 1,461 823 2,963 0.002 6 FL : 4,404 2,920 12,556 0.029 364 GA : 4,250 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 : 7,728 7,529 24,846 0.008 199 IA : 19,962 10,835 36,839 0.001 37 KY : 454 3,521 21,830 0.067 1,463 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 : 34 242 920 0.003 3 MI : 2,104 3,464 11,778 0.001 12 MN : 1,410 4,766 17,158 0.015 257 MS : 1,226 7,256 52,243 0.078 4,075 MO : 936 4,438 21,746 0.047 1,022 MT : 132 132 436 0.010 4 NE : 2,755 5,440 18,496 0.001 18 NH : 22 238 1,214 0.024 29 NJ : 136 896 3,046 0.001 3 NY : 386 2,702 9,187 0.001 9 NC : 1,212 11,712 80,813 0.080 6,465 OH : 7,032 12,958 44,057 0.001 44 OK : 841 3,230 24,225 0.080 1,938 OR : 309 816 2,774 0.001 3 PA : 2,210 12,647 44,265 0.010 443 SC : 1,898 2,610 16,182 0.066 1,068 SD : 791 496 1,736 0.001 2 TN : 278 1,644 11,837 0.080 947 TX : 3,066 13,112 66,871 0.050 3,344 UT : 489 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/ : 1,279 1,716 6,018 0.009 53 : US : 86,862 189,530 983,054 0.049 47,811 : PR : 173 652 2,804 0.260 729 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003. 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. 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 : 3,861 15,880 127,040 0.096 12,196 CA : 7,563 6,571 25,627 0.008 205 CO : 1,056 2,560 10,496 0.034 357 CT : 1,857 255 893 0.002 2 FL : 3,417 5,885 24,128 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 : 378 2,789 10,319 0.003 31 MD : 535 1,130 3,955 0.010 40 MA : 29 166 631 0.004 3 MI : 1,270 4,546 15,456 0.001 15 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 : 1,129 3,081 22,799 0.090 2,052 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 : 570 1,567 5,798 0.010 58 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 : 101,079 192,066 1,002,065 0.058 58,010 : PR : 179 648 2,786 0.232 646 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Table Eggs: Price, by State and United States, 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Dozen : AL : 0.576 0.564 AR : 0.508 0.534 CA : 0.609 0.625 CO : 0.590 0.574 CT : 0.654 0.659 FL : 0.585 0.593 GA : 0.559 0.558 HI : 0.962 1.080 ID : 0.600 0.611 IL : 0.566 0.530 IN : 0.590 0.537 IA : 0.509 0.491 KY : 0.611 0.584 LA : 0.610 0.601 ME : 0.749 0.762 MD : 0.646 0.631 MA : 0.793 0.810 MI : 0.595 0.562 MN : 0.560 0.552 MS : 0.562 0.553 MO : 0.492 0.498 MT : 0.650 0.657 NE : 0.535 0.525 NH : 0.787 0.781 NJ : 0.630 0.622 NY : 0.613 0.607 NC : 0.574 0.551 OH : 0.581 0.539 OK : 0.506 0.533 OR : 0.635 0.680 PA : 0.628 0.585 SC : 0.594 0.554 SD : 0.500 0.517 TN : 0.620 0.581 TX : 0.559 0.532 UT : 0.520 0.520 VT : 0.675 0.570 VA : 0.620 0.621 WA : 0.644 0.695 WV : 0.598 0.600 WI : 0.543 0.521 WY : 0.620 0.607 : Oth Sts 2/ : 0.589 0.601 : US : 0.576 0.559 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs Produced : Price per Dozen 2/ : Value of Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Million ---- ---- Dollars ---- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 2,190 2,099 1.620 1.650 295,101 287,956 AR : 3,590 3,565 1.200 1.220 359,000 362,442 CA : 5,439 5,380 0.623 0.643 282,458 288,412 CO : 1,073 1,105 0.670 0.653 59,915 60,103 CT : 795 818 0.667 0.674 44,189 45,944 FL : 2,804 3,068 0.621 0.625 145,027 159,878 GA : 5,047 5,038 0.941 0.939 395,769 394,223 HI : 117.2 118.5 0.962 1.080 9,396 10,665 ID : 243 238 0.717 0.730 14,525 14,479 IL : 973 1,044 0.629 0.592 51,001 51,504 IN : 6,035 6,256 0.612 0.560 307,785 291,947 IA : 10,446 11,613 0.529 0.508 460,648 491,586 KY : 1,122 1,231 0.889 0.858 83,153 88,067 LA : 487 465 0.886 0.902 35,967 34,966 ME : 1,121 957 0.755 0.770 70,530 61,408 MD : 811 843 0.682 0.651 46,104 45,737 MA : 77 74 0.802 0.810 5,149 4,995 MI : 1,888 2,009 0.595 0.563 93,613 94,256 MN : 3,028 2,930 0.592 0.583 149,381 142,349 MS : 1,599 1,606 1.270 1.290 168,636 172,166 MO : 1,861 1,865 0.645 0.652 99,989 101,395 MT : 107 107 0.650 0.657 5,796 5,862 NE : 3,126 3,174 0.535 0.525 139,368 138,863 NH : 43 43 0.910 0.935 3,261 3,350 NJ : 556 558 0.630 0.622 29,208 28,912 NY : 1,048 1,163 0.645 0.617 56,330 59,798 NC : 2,523 2,522 1.150 1.140 241,788 239,590 OH : 7,642 7,355 0.588 0.545 374,458 334,040 OK : 933 937 0.927 0.956 72,074 74,648 OR : 783 818 0.667 0.714 43,549 48,693 PA : 6,754 6,585 0.659 0.619 371,170 339,676 SC : 1,373 1,351 0.762 0.735 87,186 82,749 SD : 761 933 0.500 0.517 31,708 40,197 TN : 290 319 1.320 1.340 31,922 35,511 TX : 4,745 4,825 0.784 0.762 310,007 306,388 UT : 866 831 0.520 0.520 37,556 36,012 VT : 54 55 0.815 0.746 3,667 3,419 VA : 744 761 1.180 1.100 73,160 69,758 WA : 1,307 1,332 0.646 0.697 70,323 77,348 WV : 271 273 1.510 1.420 34,128 32,325 WI : 1,137 1,206 0.587 0.564 55,579 56,679 WY : 3.6 3.6 0.620 0.607 186 182 : Oth Sts3/: 1,660 1,657 0.602 0.614 83,254 84,766 : US 4/ : 87,473 89,131 0.732 0.714 5,333,014 5,303,244 : PR : 227 230 0.943 0.838 17,811 16,067 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December 1, previous year through November 30. 2/ Includes hatching and market (table) eggs. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, NV, NM, ND, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 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 : 30,000 540,000 0.37 199,800 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 : 23,500 723,800 0.35 253,330 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 : 1,300 34,840 0.34 11,846 OH : 5,500 212,300 0.39 82,797 PA : 9,500 215,650 0.47 101,356 SC : 12,000 456,000 0.35 159,600 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 : 274,048 7,487,293 0.361 2,699,673 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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 : 46,500 1,227,600 0.42 515,592 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 : 264,207 7,304,813 0.420 3,065,417 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Index Page All Eggs: Production, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 20032 Broilers: Production, Price, and Value, by State and Total, 20043 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value, by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Market Eggs: Price, by State and United States, 2003-2004. .6 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 20038 Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value, by State and United States, 20049 Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens, and Total, United States, 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Released April 28, 2005, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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