Example - Calculating Average Annual Gross Payments per Square Foot by Quintile 

This is an example using hypothetical annual gross payments to growers to calculate average 

annual gross payments per square foot by quintile using the instructions in the Appendix to Form 

PSD 6100. The example starts after step 4 of the instructions. 

Instructions from Appendix to Form PSD 6100: 

1. Group growers according to the housing specification affiliated with their broiler growing 

arrangement. 

a. Include all growers under contract for a complete calendar year and growers under flockto-flock broiler growing arrangements for the full year. 

b. Exclude growers whose housing specifications changed during the calendar year from the 

calculation for that year.

2. Sum all gross payments to each grower during the calendar year to determine each grower’s 

annual gross payments. 

3. Divide each grower’s total annual gross payments by the square footage of floor space of the 

grower’s farm facility to reflect dollars per farm facility square foot of floor space. 

Example: A broiler complex paid the following amounts per square foot of housing to each of 17 

growers with the same housing specifications for the year. 

$1.32, $1.94, $2.18, $1.50, $2.11, $1.97, $1.92, $1.60, $1.35, $1.79, $1.33, $1.37, $1.66, $1.52, 

$1.56, $1.56, $1.93 

4. Rank the annual gross payments per square foot in numerical order from lowest to highest. 

Result: Ranking the annual gross payments in numerical order from lowest to highest results in 

the table below. Notice that the value of $1.56 / ft.2 in the example occurs twice. There should 

be no ties in the ranking. One is ranked as 7 in the ranking and the other is ranked as 8. 

Rank

Annual Gross 

Payments per 

Square Foot 

Rank

Annual Gross 

Payments per 

Square Foot 

1 $1.32 10 $1.66

2 $1.33 11 $1.79

3 $1.35 12 $1.92

4 $1.37 13 $1.93

5 $1.50 14 $1.94

6 $1.52 15 $1.97

7 $1.56 16 $2.11

8 $1.56 17 $2.18

9 $1.60
5. Multiply the total number of growers by 0.2, and round to the nearest whole number to 

determine the largest ranking annual gross payment per square foot in the first quintile. All 

annual gross payments ($/ft2

) at this upper bound and below form the first quintile. 

6. Multiply the total number of growers by 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8, respectively and round to the 

nearest whole number to determine the largest ranking annual gross payments per square foot 

for each remaining quintile. The lower bounds for each quintile are simply the next annual 

gross payments per square foot above the upper bound of the previous quintile. All annual 

gross payments per square foot greater than the upper bound of the fourth quintile form the 

fifth quintile. 

7. Group each annual gross payment per square foot into each quintile using the respective 

lower and upper bounds calculated above. 

Multiplying the total number of growers in the example, which is 17, by 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and .08 

results in 3.4, 6.8, 10.2, and 13.6. Rounding to the nearest whole number results in 3, 7, 10, and 

14. These will be the largest ranking payments in the first, second, third, and fourth quintiles 

respectively. The first quintile will include payments ranking 1, 2, and 3. Since the second 

quintile will start with next ranking payment after the first ended, it will consist of payments 

ranking 4, 5, 6, and 7. The third quintile will consist of payments ranking 8, 9, and 10. The fourth 

will have payments 11, 12, 13, and 14, and the fifth quintile will have all the rest. 

Result: The table below groups the annual payments per square foot into quintiles. 

Rank

Annual Gross 

Payments per 

Square Foot 

Quintile Rank

Annual Gross 

Payments per 

Square Foot 

Quintile

1 $1.32 1 11 $1.79 4

2 $1.33 1 12 $1.92 4

3 $1.35 1 13 $1.93 4

4 $1.37 2 14 $1.94 4

5 $1.50 2 15 $1.97 5

6 $1.52 2 16 $2.11 5

7 $1.56 2 17 $2.18 5

8 $1.56 3

9 $1.60 3

10 $1.66 3

8. Calculate the average of the annual gross payments per square foot in each quintile. 

To determine the average payment in each quintile to report in the disclosure document, sum 

the payments in each quintile grouping and divide by the number of payments in each 

grouping. The payments in the first quintile are $1.32, $1.33, and $1.35. Summing the 

payments results in $4.00 and dividing by 3 results in an average of $1.33 / ft.2 to report in a 

table in the disclosure document. Repeating the steps for the remaining quintiles, the average 

payment per square foot to growers in the second quintile is the sum of $1.37, $1.50, $1.52, 

and $1.56 divided by 4, which is $1.49. The average payment per square foot to growers in 
the third quintile is the sum of $1.56, $1.60, and $1.66 divided by 3, which is $1.61. The 

average payment per square foot to growers in the fourth quintile is the sum of $1.79, $1.92, 

$1.93, and $1.94 divided by 4, which is $1.90. The average payment per square foot to 

growers in the fifth quintile is the sum of $1.97, $2.11, and $2.18 divided by 3, which is 

$2.09.

Result: The average annual payment per square foot to report in the disclosure document is 

$1.33 for the first quintile, $1.49 for the second quintile, $1.61 for the third quintile, $1.90 for the 

fourth quintile, and $2.09 for the last quintile. 

9. Place the average of the annual gross payments per square foot for each quintile into tables 

based on the following example table.

Result: Quintiles of Average Annual Gross Payment per square foot for Calendar Year 20XX.*

Complex and Housing Information Quintiles Average Annual 

Gross Payments **

Complex name (City, State, complex)

Housing Specification A 1st quintile (lowest 20%) $1.33

Housing Specification A 2nd quintile (next 20%) $1.49

Housing Specification A 3rd quintile (next 20%) $1.61

Housing Specification A 4th quintile (next 20%) $1.90

Housing Specification A 5th quintile (highest 20%) $2.09

* Live poultry dealers should prepare this table for each of the five previous years.

**Live poultry dealers should lengthen or shorten the table as needed to include each housing 

specification at each complex.