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Department of

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National

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Service

Pou 3-1 (99)

Poultry - Production and

Value

1998 Summary

April 1999
Poultry - Production and Value 1998 Summary Agricultural Statistics Board

April 1999 1 NASS, USDA

Production and Value by States, 1997-98

Value of Production and Sales Up 3 Percent

The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, and turkeys and the value of sales from chickens

in 1998, was $22.2 billion, up 3 percent from the $21.7 billion in 1997. Of the combined total, 68 percent

was from broilers, 20 percent from eggs, 12 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from other

chickens.

Value of Broiler Production Up 7 Percent

The value of broilers produced during 1998 was $15.1 billion, up 7 percent from the $14.2 billion in

1997. The total number of broilers produced in 1998 was 7.93 billion, up 2 percent from 1997. The total

amount of live weight broilers produced in 1998 was 38.6 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 1997. The

1998 average price per pound on a live weight equivalent basis was 39.3 cents per pound, compared to

37.7 cents per pound in 1997.

Value of Egg Production Down 4 Percent

Value of egg production in 1998 was $4.35 billion, down 4 percent from the $4.54 billion in 1997. Egg

production totaled 79.7 billion eggs, up 3 percent from the 77.5 billion eggs produced in 1997. In 1998,

eggs averaged 65.5 cents per dozen, compared with 70.3 cents in 1997.

Value of Turkey Production Down 8 Percent

The value of turkeys produced during 1998 was $2.66 billion, down 8 percent from the $2.88 billion the

previous year. Turkey production in 1998 totaled 7.00 billion pounds live weight, compared with 7.23

billion pounds in 1997. The average price received by producers during 1998 was 38.0 cents per pound,

compared with 39.9 cents in 1997.

Value of Sales of Chicken Up 6 Percent

The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 1998 was $75.5 million, up 6 percent from the

$71.5 million a year ago. Prices averaged 8.0 cents per pound, compared with 7.7 cents in 1997. The

number of chickens sold in 1998 totaled 194 million, up 1 percent from the total sold during the previous

year.
Poultry - Production and Value 1998 Summary Agricultural Statistics Board

April 1999 2 NASS, USDA

Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens,

and Total, United States, 1989-98

Year Broilers 1 Eggs Turkeys Chickens 2 Total

1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

8,777,915

8,365,704

8,383,046

9,174,136

10,416,962

11,371,723

11,762,222

13,903,479

14,158,926

15,144,551

3,876,822

4,021,355

3,914,659

3,397,462

3,800,237

3,789,834

3,892,912

4,776,252

4,539,929

4,349,521

2,235,145

2,393,375

2,352,986

2,396,364

2,509,127

2,643,057

2,769,397

3,124,496

2,884,377

2,661,706

142,409

94,392

72,199

89,105

96,409

73,050

60,153

59,187

71,461

75,542

15,032,291

14,874,826

14,722,890

15,057,067

16,822,735

17,877,664

18,484,684

21,863,414

21,654,693

22,231,320 1 Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2 Value of sales.
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Eggs: Production, Price, and Value

by State and United States, 1997-98 1

State Eggs Produced Price per Dozen 2 Value of Production

1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998

Million Million Dollars Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AL

AR

CA

CO

CT

DE

FL

GA

HI

ID

IL

IN

IA

KS

KY

LA

ME

MD

MA

MI

MN

MS

MO

MT

NE

NH

NJ

NM

NY

NC

ND

OH

OK

OR

PA

RI

SC

SD

TN

TX

UT

VT

VA

WA

WV

WI

WY

Oth St 3

US 4

2,499

3,215

6,663

857

917

112

2,499

4,867

172

236

841

5,652

5,527

323

710

460

1,434

882

156

1,327

2,957

1,547

1,719

88

2,469

46

463

302

931

2,794

49

6,976

901

783

5,900

24

1,228

542

255

4,186

483

56

806

1,379

245

998

3.5

61

77,532

2,518

3,233

6,608

945

839

92

2,528

5,126

156

248

838

5,831

5,969

392

863

475

1,373

867

139

1,395

3,152

1,578

1,732

84

2,706

42

488

299

986

2,555

60

7,395

927

758

5,983

22

1,189

618

299

4,257

478

55

860

1,394

241

1,031

3.6

86

79,717

1.060

1.030

0.621

0.720

0.598

1.150

0.594

0.885

0.906

0.707

0.622

0.637

0.526

0.566

0.744

0.908

0.694

0.732

0.610

0.560

0.559

1.130

0.592

0.570

0.520

0.825

0.623

0.593

0.666

0.875

0.530

0.614

0.873

0.644

0.653

0.589

0.768

0.500

0.931

0.768

0.576

0.608

0.951

0.653

1.210

0.564

0.630

0.610

0.703

1.030

0.978

0.561

0.671

0.589

1.380

0.535

0.880

0.871

0.696

0.618

0.588

0.452

0.468

0.725

0.848

0.630

0.697

0.642

0.500

0.480

1.210

0.530

0.550

0.430

0.750

0.570

0.550

0.620

0.890

0.450

0.570

0.780

0.590

0.610

0.639

0.696

0.430

0.926

0.715

0.520

0.628

0.933

0.594

1.250

0.514

0.570

0.545

0.655

220,745

275,954

344,810

51,420

45,697

10,733

123,701

358,941

12,986

13,904

43,592

300,027

242,267

15,225

44,020

34,807

82,933

53,802

7,930

61,927

137,747

145,676

84,804

4,180

106,990

3,163

24,037

14,924

51,671

203,729

2,164

356,939

65,548

42,021

321,058

1,178

78,592

22,583

19,784

267,904

23,184

2,827

63,876

75,024

24,704

46,906

184

3,111

4,539,929

216,128

263,490

308,924

52,841

41,181

10,580

112,707

375,907

11,323

14,384

43,157

285,709

224,832

15,269

52,140

33,567

72,083

50,358

7,431

58,104

126,080

159,115

76,497

3,850

96,965

2,613

23,180

13,704

50,943

189,496

2,250

351,263

60,255

37,268

304,136

1,172

68,962

22,145

23,073

253,646

20,713

2,852

66,865

69,023

25,104

44,161

171

3,904

4,349,521 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 and NV combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 4 States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
Poultry - Production and Value 1998 Summary Agricultural Statistics Board

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Broilers: Production, Price, and Value

by State and Total, 1997 1 2

State Number

Produced

Pounds

Produced

Price

per

Pound 3

Value

of

Production

1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AL

AR

CA

DE

FL

GA

HI

KY

MD

MI

MN

MS

MO

NE

NY

NC

OH

OK

OR

PA

SC

TN

TX

VA

WA

WV

WI

Oth Sts 4

Total 5

15 Weekly

 Sts 6

906,200

1,164,600

237,300

256,900

132,400

1,182,800

1,000

110,600

295,300

640

46,300

720,300

250,000

1,600

1,400

665,000

45,800

197,400

21,700

135,200

182,800

138,600

455,100

259,400

38,800

90,800

32,900

193,360

7,764,200

6,822,700

4,349,800

5,590,100

1,210,200

1,413,000

595,800

5,914,000

4,400

497,700

1,417,400

2,900

240,800

3,313,400

1,075,000

8,200

7,000

3,657,500

229,000

868,600

108,500

689,500

829,900

623,700

2,093,500

1,219,200

194,000

381,400

157,900

848,350

37,540,750

33,298,400

0.380

0.375

0.390

0.375

0.385

0.385

0.520

0.370

0.375

0.365

0.375

0.370

0.375

0.375

0.390

0.375

0.365

0.375

0.385

0.375

0.385

0.380

0.370

0.365

0.385

0.365

0.375

0.385

0.377

0.377

1,652,924

2,096,288

471,978

529,875

229,383

2,276,890

2,288

184,149

531,525

1,059

90,300

1,225,958

403,125

3,075

2,730

1,371,563

83,585

325,725

41,773

258,563

319,512

237,006

774,595

445,008

74,690

139,211

59,213

326,935

14,158,926

12,560,279 1 December 1, 1996, through November 30, 1997. 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 IA, IL, IN, LA, & ME, 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.
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Broilers: Production, Price, and Value

by State and Total, 1998 1 2

State Number

Produced

Pounds

Produced

Price

per

Pound 3

Value

of

Production

1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AL

AR

DE

FL

GA

HI

KY

MD

MI

MN

MS

MO

NE

NY

NC

OH

OK

PA

SC

TN

TX

VA

WV

WI

Oth Sts 4

Total 5

15 Weekly

 Sts 6

921,800

1,170,600

259,800

129,000

1,202,500

1,000

172,000

290,900

580

42,300

722,400

255,000

1,200

1,900

653,000

46,000

216,000

135,500

180,500

159,200

480,000

263,300

89,600

34,100

506,100

7,934,280

6,906,100

4,516,800

5,618,900

1,428,900

632,100

5,892,300

4,400

842,800

1,367,200

2,800

207,300

3,467,500

1,096,500

7,200

9,900

3,591,500

234,600

993,600

691,100

848,400

716,400

2,160,000

1,263,800

358,400

163,700

2,437,500

38,553,600

33,818,100

0.400

0.380

0.390

0.400

0.405

0.525

0.395

0.390

0.365

0.390

0.395

0.380

0.390

0.410

0.395

0.390

0.380

0.385

0.395

0.395

0.390

0.385

0.400

0.365

0.393

0.393

0.394

1,806,720

2,135,182

557,271

252,840

2,386,382

2,310

332,906

533,208

1,022

80,847

1,369,663

416,670

2,808

4,059

1,418,643

91,494

377,568

266,074

335,118

282,978

842,400

486,563

143,360

59,751

958,714

15,144,551

13,322,322 1 December 1, 1997, through November 30, 1998. 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, IA, IN, 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.
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Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value

by State and United States, 1997

State Number

Raised 1

Pounds

Produced

Price

per

Pound 2

Value

of

Production

1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AR

CA

CO 3

CT

GA

IL

IN

IA

KS

MD & DE

MA

MN

MO

NH

NJ

NY

NC

ND

OH

PA

SC

SD

VT

VA

WV

Oth Sts 4

US

30,000

21,000

3,900

5

175

3,500

14,500

7,000

1,900

740

82

45,500

21,000

15

74

510

53,500

2,600

6,700

11,600

11,200

3,600

39

26,000

4,500

31,611

301,251

525,000

480,900

147,030

125

5,758

86,800

359,600

187,600

52,250

13,335

2,050

1,014,650

562,800

368

1,576

12,087

1,353,550

57,980

217,750

235,480

368,480

115,200

936

504,400

87,300

832,054

7,225,059

0.41

0.42

1.07

0.45

0.41

0.41

0.43

0.41

0.43

1.28

0.39

0.40

1.35

0.85

0.42

0.39

0.39

0.35

0.41

0.39

0.40

1.18

0.39

0.39

0.41

0.399

215,250

201,978

134

2,591

35,588

147,436

80,668

21,423

5,734

2,624

395,714

225,120

497

1,340

5,077

527,885

22,612

76,213

96,547

143,707

46,080

1,104

196,716

34,047

398,292

2,884,377 1 Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1996, through Aug 31, 1997. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2 IN, IA, MN, & PA are actual live weight prices. All other States’ prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 3 Price and value not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Value of production included in other States. 4 MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
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Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value

by State and United States, 1998

State Number

Raised 1

Pounds

Produced

Price

per

Pound 2

Value

of

Production

1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AR

CA

CT

IL

IN

MD & DE

MA

MN

MO

NH

NJ

NY

NC

ND

OH

PA

SC

SD

VT

VA

WV

Oth Sts 3

US

28,000

19,000

5

3,200

13,500

600

80

44,500

22,000

14

71

500

50,000

1,800

5,500

10,500

10,600

3,800

41

26,000

4,300

39,492

283,503

495,600

442,700

130

80,960

352,350

15,000

2,040

1,027,950

598,400

336

1,512

11,950

1,270,000

41,580

178,750

233,100

356,160

123,120

984

533,000

88,150

1,148,996

7,002,768

0.40

0.41

1.00

0.39

0.39

0.43

1.25

0.35

0.40

1.40

0.80

0.40

0.37

0.35

0.33

0.38

0.38

0.35

1.04

0.39

0.39

0.39

0.380

198,240

181,507

130

31,574

137,417

6,450

2,550

359,783

239,360

470

1,210

4,780

469,900

14,553

58,988

88,578

135,341

43,092

1,023

207,870

34,379

444,511

2,661,706 1 Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 1997, through Aug 31, 1998. Excludes young turkeys lost. 2 IN, IA, MN, & PA are actual live weight prices. All other States’ prices are equivalent live weight returns to producers. 3 CO, GA, IA, KS, MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
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Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value

by State and United States, 1997 1

State Number

Lost 2

Number

Sold for

Slaughter

Pounds

Sold

Price

per

Pound

Value

of

Sales

1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AL

AR

CA

CO

CT

DE

FL

GA

HI

ID

IL

IN

IA

KS

KY

LA

ME

MD

MA

MI

MN

MS

MO

MT

NE

NH

NJ

NM

NY

NC

ND

OH

OK

OR

PA

RI

SC

SD

TN

TX

UT

VT

VA

WA

WV

WI

WY

Oth Sts 3

US

1,700

2,200

3,500

600

440

57

3,100

2,500

152

87

680

2,569

3,250

224

300

250

558

486

66

1,000

1,900

1,410

1,550

39

1,750

22

330

520

450

1,850

60

3,280

780

485

3,900

8

900

475

173

2,970

250

17

513

1,000

170

700

6

29

49,256

8,820

10,600

15,300

2,300

2,192

230

4,900

15,500

232

577

1,540

11,611

11,150

605

1,500

1,450

3,578

2,105

390

2,900

5,800

5,290

3,300

319

4,320

140

950

340

2,800

10,000

160

16,430

2,670

1,500

12,400

67

2,850

900

904

11,691

1,068

90

3,210

3,000

1,160

1,990

7

150

190,986

66,150

63,600

53,550

8,050

9,645

1,748

22,050

106,950

812

2,193

8,316

39,477

44,600

2,420

4,950

8,410

15,743

11,578

1,716

13,340

20,300

34,914

18,150

1,276

17,280

616

3,135

1,190

12,320

69,000

720

55,862

16,554

7,800

62,000

295

14,535

3,420

4,158

53,779

4,272

396

14,766

10,200

4,872

7,761

32

598

925,499

0.170

0.090

0.023

0.030

0.025

0.102

0.002

0.160

0.149

0.030

0.059

0.020

0.031

0.050

0.050

0.072

0.020

0.056

0.020

0.040

0.031

0.144

0.090

0.020

0.031

0.025

0.040

0.005

0.026

0.110

0.031

0.013

0.090

0.020

0.075

0.025

0.111

0.030

0.120

0.036

0.030

0.025

0.110

0.020

0.110

0.059

0.050

0.020

0.077

11,246

5,724

1,232

242

241

178

44

17,112

121

66

491

790

1,383

121

248

606

315

648

34

534

629

5,028

1,634

26

536

15

125

6

320

7,590

22

726

1,490

156

4,650

7

1,613

103

499

1,936

128

10

1,624

204

536

458

2

12

71,461 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, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 
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Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Price, and Value

by State and United States, 1998 1

State Number

Lost 2

Number

Sold for

Slaughter

Pounds

Sold

Price

per

Pound

Value

of

Sales

1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

AL

AR

CA

CO

CT

DE

FL

GA

HI

ID

IL

IN

IA

KS

KY

LA

ME

MD

MA

MI

MN

MS

MO

MT

NE

NH

NJ

NM

NY

NC

ND

OH

OK

OR

PA

RI

SC

SD

TN

TX

UT

VT

VA

WA

WV

WI

WY

Oth Sts 3

US

1,750

3,264

3,373

550

562

59

2,570

2,806

196

86

322

3,200

4,339

168

449

241

530

822

58

466

2,300

1,460

820

38

1,900

25

152

257

327

1,800

50

4,127

876

291

5,200

8

1,036

635

210

3,681

164

15

509

648

222

843

1

22

53,428

9,200

11,812

13,749

2,170

2,345

267

4,667

15,590

236

508

2,152

12,200

10,907

791

1,787

976

3,485

1,869

410

3,086

6,100

5,702

4,827

192

5,530

134

725

490

3,030

9,825

150

16,654

2,820

1,349

12,935

53

2,497

900

962

10,404

1,021

140

2,867

3,209

1,024

1,853

11

157

193,768

65,320

86,228

48,122

9,331

8,677

1,522

18,201

109,130

779

1,930

7,962

41,480

37,084

2,373

11,258

5,661

13,243

8,037

1,558

12,653

21,960

41,625

21,239

768

22,120

630

2,465

1,666

13,332

68,775

600

59,954

17,484

4,587

46,566

201

12,735

3,420

6,349

50,980

4,084

574

17,775

10,911

5,018

7,597

37

567

934,568

0.175

0.096

0.034

0.030

0.017

0.129

0.058

0.169

0.151

0.036

0.027

0.020

0.024

0.020

0.113

0.069

0.017

0.062

0.017

0.027

0.026

0.174

0.096

0.020

0.024

0.017

0.036

0.005

0.021

0.070

0.026

0.024

0.096

0.010

0.073

0.016

0.111

0.020

0.133

0.039

0.030

0.016

0.070

0.020

0.130

0.051

0.050

0.035

0.080

11,431

8,278

1,636

280

148

196

1,056

18,443

118

69

215

830

890

47

1,272

391

225

498

26

342

571

7,243

2,039

15

531

11

89

8

280

4,814

16

1,439

1,678

46

3,399

3

1,414

68

844

1,988

123

9

1,244

218

652

387

2

20

75,542 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, and NV combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 
Released April 29, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics

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