Poultry - Production and Value - Annual Summary - 2010

United States
Department of
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Agricultural
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Service

Poultry - Production and
Value
2010 Summary
April 2011

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Contents
Page
Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 1
Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2009 ..................................................................... 2
Broilers: Production and Value, by State and Total, 2010 ..................................................................... 3
Turkeys: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2009 ........................................................ 4
Turkeys: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2010 ........................................................ 5
Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter and Value, by State and United States, 2009 ................................. 6
Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter and Value, by State and United States, 2010 ................................. 7
All Eggs: Production and Value, by State and United States, 2009-2010 ............................................. 8
Reliability of Poultry Production and Value Estimates ......................................................................... 9
Information Contacts .............................................................................................................................. 9

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Summary
U.S. Value of Production and Sales Up 10 Percent
The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in
2010 was $34.7 billion, up 10 percent from the $31.6 billion in 2009. Of the combined total, 68 percent
was from broilers, 19 percent from eggs, 13 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from
chickens.
U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 9 Percent
The value of broilers produced during 2010 was $23.7 billion, up 9 percent from 2009. The total
number of broilers produced in 2010 was 8.63 billion, up 1 percent from 2009. The total amount of live
weight broilers produced in 2010 was 49.2 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 2009.
U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 6 Percent
Value of all egg production in 2010 was $6.52 billion, up 6 percent from the $6.17 billion in 2009. Egg
production totaled 91.4 billion eggs, up 1 percent from the 90.5 billion eggs produced in 2009.
U.S. Value of Turkey Production Up 22 Percent
The value of turkeys produced during 2010 was $4.37 billion, up 22 percent from the $3.57 billion the
previous year. Turkey production in 2010 totaled 7.11 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 7.15
billion pounds produced in 2009.
U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 11 Percent
The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2010 was $72.0 million, up 11 percent from the
$65.1 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2010 totaled 172 million, down 2 percent
from the total sold during the previous year.

Year

Value of Production: Broilers, Eggs, Turkeys, Chickens,
and Total, United States, 2009-2010
Broilers 1
Eggs
Turkeys
Chickens 2
1,000 Dollars

2009
2010
1
2

1,000 Dollars

21,822,804
23,696,132

1,000 Dollars

6,166,038
6,517,823

3,573,392
4,371,400

1,000 Dollars

65,115
71,958

Total
1,000 Dollars

31,627,349
34,657,313

Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers.
Value of sales.

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Broilers: Production and Value,
by State and Total, 2009 1 2 3
State

AL
AR
DE
FL
GA
KY
MD
MN
MS
NC
OH
OK
PA
SC
TN
TX
VA
WV
WI

Number
Produced

Pounds
Produced

Value
of
Production

1,000 Head

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Dollars

1,002,300
1,050,900
231,700
42,000
1,322,000
307,000
291,400
44,800
793,400
759,600
56,400
226,000
153,500
237,800
189,700
668,700
240,800
82,700
45,800

5,512,700
5,780,000
1,598,700
252,000
6,874,400
1,657,800
1,398,700
246,400
4,601,700
5,317,200
338,400
1,220,400
875,000
1,521,900
967,500
3,611,000
1,204,000
330,800
192,400

2,519,304
2,641,460
730,606
115,164
3,141,601
757,615
639,206
112,605
2,102,977
2,429,960
154,649
557,723
399,875
695,508
442,148
1,650,227
550,228
151,176
87,927

803,700

4,251,300

1,942,845

Total 5

8,550,200

47,752,300

21,822,804

19 Weekly Sts 6

8,284,900

46,358,900

21,186,019

Oth Sts 4

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Revised.
2
December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009.
3
Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains.
4
CA, 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.

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Broilers: Production and Value,
by State and Total, 2010 1 2
State

AL
AR
DE
FL
GA
KY
MD
MN
MS
NC
OH
OK
PA
SC
TN
TX
VA
WV
WI

Number
Produced

Pounds
Produced

Value
of
Production

1,000 Head

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Dollars

1,033,400
1,043,500
235,000
51,700
1,313,500
309,900
300,500
42,100
807,800
766,500
60,000
225,000
149,300
241,000
193,100
653,500
250,400
87,600
46,900

5,787,000
5,937,500
1,630,900
314,300
6,882,700
1,673,500
1,433,400
231,100
4,766,000
5,419,200
376,800
1,503,000
839,100
1,556,900
986,700
3,646,500
1,292,100
346,000
199,300

2,789,334
2,861,875
786,094
151,493
3,317,461
806,627
690,899
111,390
2,297,212
2,612,054
181,618
724,446
404,446
750,426
475,589
1,757,613
622,792
166,772
96,063

814,500

4,340,100

2,091,928

Total 4

8,625,200

49,162,100

23,696,132

19 Weekly Sts 5

8,356,400

47,747,000

23,014,054

Oth Sts 3

1

December 1, 2009, through November 30, 2010.
2
Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains.
3
CA, 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.

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Turkeys: Production and Value,
by State and United States, 2009 1
State

Number
Raised 2

Pounds
Produced

Value
of
Production

1,000 Head

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Dollars

AR
CA
IN
MN
MO
NC
OH
PA
SC
SD
UT
VA
WV

29,000
15,000
15,000
45,000
18,500
35,500
5,200
9,000
11,900
4,500
3,200
17,000
3,300

568,400
390,000
543,000
1,161,000
610,500
1,089,850
203,320
181,800
433,160
186,750
81,600
448,800
96,690

284,200
202,800
271,500
580,500
305,250
523,128
105,726
99,990
220,912
82,170
40,800
215,424
46,411

Oth Sts 3

35,259

1,154,585

594,581

247,359

7,149,455

3,573,392

US
1

Revised.
Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2008, through Aug 31, 2009. Excludes young turkeys lost.
3
Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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Turkeys: Production and Value,
by State and United States, 2010
State

Number
Raised 1 2

Pounds
Produced

Value
of
Production

1,000 Head

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Dollars

AR
CA
IN
MN
MO
NC
OH
PA
SC
SD
UT
VA
WV

28,000
15,200
16,000
47,000
18,000
30,000
4,600
7,400
11,900
4,600
4,600
17,000
3,100

548,800
404,320
572,800
1,207,900
588,600
963,000
177,560
159,100
429,590
193,200
102,580
459,000
89,900

340,256
259,978
349,408
736,819
364,932
587,430
110,087
95,460
262,050
115,920
65,754
284,580
53,940

Oth Sts 3

36,788

1,210,932

744,786

244,188

7,107,282

4,371,400

US
1

Based on turkeys placed Sep 1, 2009, through Aug 31, 2010. Excludes young turkeys lost.
Revised.
3
Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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State

Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, and Value,
by State and United States, 2009 1 2
Number
Number
Pounds
Sold for
3
Lost
Sold
Slaughter
1,000 Head

AL
AR
CA
CO
CT
FL
GA
HI
IL
IN
IA
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NY
NC
OH
OK
OR
PA
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
Oth Sts 4
US 5

1,000 Head

Value
of
Sales

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Dollars

2,564
4,619
3,219
884
569
3,302
5,996
43
822
3,464
26,663
831
304
617
237
21
923
1,818
2,001
1,076
72
2,197
352
3,170
8,150
789
1,704
1,953
725
623
442
11,242
492
23
841
3,466
246
710
1

12,401
13,677
9,401
2,139
1,507
4,033
13,730
59
2,318
9,445
6,622
3,505
1,637
1,829
1,416
89
3,090
5,480
6,474
4,239
108
5,873
3,010
13,217
10,798
3,020
289
13,630
3,022
610
1,770
5,723
1,657
224
2,553
116
1,766
2,008
7

89,287
99,842
31,023
9,412
4,973
15,325
97,483
230
8,345
33,058
22,515
23,133
9,986
6,036
5,239
294
10,197
21,372
47,260
19,499
410
18,794
9,933
87,232
36,713
22,046
983
47,705
17,225
2,013
13,629
42,350
5,468
851
16,595
383
11,126
8,032
23

9,643
10,883
31
480
20
398
10,431
75
134
331
113
2,313
799
6
120
1
10
363
5,151
1,111
0
19
20
8,636
184
2,381
10
620
1,481
2
1,554
4,701
5
23
1,626
0
1,046
281
0

1,917

3,104

10,780

113

99,088

175,596

906,800

65,115

1

Revised.
December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. 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.
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Chickens: Lost, Sold for Slaughter, and Value,
by State and United States, 2010 1
Number
Number
Pounds
Sold for
2
Lost
Sold
Slaughter
1,000 Head

AL
AR
CA
CO
CT
FL
GA
HI
IL
IN
IA
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NY
NC
OH
OK
OR
PA
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
Oth Sts 3
US 4

1,000 Head

Value
of
Sales

1,000 Pounds

1,000 Dollars

2,754
4,678
4,140
1,065
1,382
3,637
5,338
73
376
3,820
31,837
1,554
339
421
209
9
1,043
2,546
1,675
1,155
90
1,918
406
3,287
8,019
884
1,405
2,267
673
523
472
9,826
612
23
978
3,792
354
960
1

12,453
12,401
7,916
1,816
561
3,935
15,560
116
2,054
11,598
5,376
3,342
1,663
1,214
1,168
78
3,964
4,779
6,937
4,350
37
5,648
2,144
12,958
10,343
3,236
613
12,509
3,891
676
1,714
5,306
1,388
184
2,273
30
2,176
2,205
7

95,888
93,008
24,540
8,717
1,907
14,166
101,140
371
7,394
38,273
17,203
23,060
12,971
3,763
4,088
257
12,685
17,204
48,559
20,010
118
17,509
6,861
88,114
34,132
23,623
1,962
42,531
22,179
2,163
13,198
38,203
4,442
681
15,911
96
16,755
8,600
22

11,602
10,975
25
610
32
382
10,620
134
192
344
103
2,537
1,582
11
102
1
13
447
5,487
1,241
0
18
14
9,604
239
2,740
14
595
1,996
2
1,597
4,393
4
20
1,766
0
2,027
327
0

2,456

3,168

10,822

162

106,997

171,787

893,126

71,958

1

December 1, 2009, through November 30, 2010. Excludes broilers.
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.
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State

AL
AR
CA
CO
CT
FL
GA
HI
IL
IN
IA
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NY
NC
OH
OK
OR
PA
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
Oth Sts5
US

All Eggs: Production and Value,
by State and United States, 2009-2010 1 2 3
Eggs Produced
4

2010

Million

Million

2009

2009

Value of Production
4

2010

1,000 Dollars

1,000 Dollars

2,145
2,935
5,304
1,110
767
2,670
4,463
69.5
1,253
6,460
14,475
1,130
455
916
554
36
2,784
2,777
1,440
1,973
107
2,749
1,192
3,148
7,426
769
740
6,543
1,128
696
323
4,985
925
57
721
1,705
232
1,350
2.4

2,182
2,894
5,390
1,066
695
2,592
4,419
69.5
1,272
6,493
14,614
1,119
462
1,034
616
36
2,912
2,869
1,467
1,949
119
2,751
1,161
3,251
7,535
769
715
6,976
1,102
672
308
4,811
929
59
729
1,739
267
1,312
2.4

286,893
362,727
319,805
70,308
41,686
152,616
468,599
8,759
71,103
353,020
755,830
110,285
38,009
63,226
33,150
2,603
149,883
165,025
158,710
125,456
6,890
146,859
66,428
349,371
403,793
70,175
47,765
367,224
85,739
37,936
38,665
347,480
52,470
3,782
66,223
106,499
28,183
78,301
134

291,344
356,273
375,158
77,131
39,566
150,746
438,401
4,800
73,893
373,592
824,319
101,530
46,210
57,690
35,837
2,010
162,789
167,922
179,794
151,788
6,619
152,857
66,177
327,373
427,071
84,499
51,756
408,227
86,243
37,696
43,922
395,052
64,329
3,769
77,332
120,732
38,911
78,316
167

1,970

2,042

124,428

135,982

90,484

91,398

6,166,038

6,517,823

1

December 1, previous year through November 30.
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.
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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. Individual State estimates are reviewed
by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness.
Revision Policy: Revisions to previous estimates are made to improve estimates and are generally the
result of late or corrected data. For all species, previous year estimates are subject to revision when the
current year estimates are made. Five years of estimates are also reviewed after the Census of
Agriculture data are available. Estimates are considered final after Census review and no revisions are
made after the final estimates are published.
Reliability: Estimates in this report have no sampling error since they are based on a census of all
known contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of
hatchery supply layers, pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets, all known broiler hatcheries, and
all known turkey grow-out operations. However, estimates are subject to errors such as omission,
duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be
measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a
careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness.

Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service to contact for additional information.
Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch .......................................................................... (202) 720-3570
Bruce Boess, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................................. (202) 720-4447
Doug Bounds – Poultry Slaughter, Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised...................... (202) 720-3106
David Colwell – Cold Storage ................................................................................... (202) 720-8784
Kim Linonis – Layers, Eggs ....................................................................................... (202) 690-8632
Troy Marshall – Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery, Honey .................................. (202) 720-3244
Miste Salmon – Catfish Processing, Catfish Production, Trout Production,
Census of Aquaculture, Egg Products, Mink ................................... (202) 720-0585

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