Agricultural Statistics
- Broilers
Commercial Broilers:
Production and Value
Year |
Number Produced |
Pounds Produced |
Price per Pound 1 |
Value of Production |
Thousands |
Cents |
Dollars |
| 2004 |
720,200 |
4,537,300 |
45.0 |
2,041,785 |
2005 |
735,100 |
4,851,700 |
46.0 |
2,231,782 |
2006 |
749,900 |
5,099,300 |
38.0 |
1,937,734 |
| 2007 |
781,200 |
5,390,300 |
46.0 |
2,479,538 |
2008 |
796,100 |
5,493,100 |
49.0 |
2,691,619 |
US 2008 2 |
9,009,100 |
50,440,500 |
45.8 |
23,112,184 |
1 Live weight equivalent price, derived from ready-to-cook prices minus processing costs, then multiplied by a dressing percentage.
2 Excludes states producing less than 500,000 broilers.
| For additional livestock information or to view and download publications and reports, please visit the National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ and click "publications". To access to the NASS data base to veiw or download livestock data files, click here or the Quick Stats logo on the left. |
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August 27, 2009
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