Catfish: Grower and processor sales and prices


Product and year		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Catfish sold to processors (1,000 pounds) 1/	2006	50,703	49,145	56,315	43,126	42,865	41,214	45,528	51,736	47,296	50,788	45,680	41,735	566,131
	2007	46,079	44,083	45,477	37,954	38,867	37,275	39,168	42,626	39,519	45,890	40,307	39,001	496,246
	2008	45,992	47,634	47,908	45,018	44,326	43,265	42,583	40,985	39,057	43,344	36,869	32,616	509,597
	2009	36,406	37,702	44,912	40,768	39,925	39,370	40,966	39,490	36,408	40,191	36,211	33,751	466,100
	2010	40,042	40,977	46,650	37,111	38,244	38,656	39,302	39,231	39,494	40,455	36,683	34,838	471,683
	2011	35,076	27,782	30,372	23,605	24,749	24,337	26,595	30,680	30,271	32,446	25,722
Average price paid by processors for farm-raised catfish (cents per pound) 1/	2006	72.7	72.9	74.5	78.5	79.6	80.7	81.2	81.1	83.2	83.6	83.7	83.8	79.6
	2007	83.7	83.8	83.8	84.1	84.0	81.7	76.2	73.1	69.7	68.2	66.6	65.0	76.7
	2008	65.8	68.8	74.3	75.7	77.6	79.4	81.8	82.7	82.7	82.5	82.3	82.1	78.0
	2009	81.0	77.0	77.3	76.3	76.2	76.3	77.1	76.9	77.2	76.8	76.5	76.3	77.1
	2010	76.4	76.5	78.5	80.4	79.6	78.6	78.8	79.0	81.6	83.2	84.1	86.1	80.2
	2011	93.1	100.3	107.5	114.1	116.9	123.1	125.2	127.7	127.5	126.5	126.1
Catfish sold by processors (1,000 pounds) 2/	2006	27,357	27,349	29,367	24,050	23,173	21,740	22,056	23,744	22,189	22,458	19,469	21,056	284,008
	2007	22,842	22,943	23,445	19,176	22,058	19,451	20,378	21,778	20,431	22,486	18,889	18,574	252,451
	2008	24,658	24,997	23,987	21,199	21,205	21,553	21,166	20,720	18,067	21,121	16,617	15,917	251,207
	2009	19,262	20,658	22,660	20,147	18,818	19,017	19,451	18,502	18,893	19,480	15,743	16,554	229,185
	2010	19,465	22,617	22,438	18,511	19,142	19,063	18,006	20,386	20,280	18,894	15,941	16,851	231,594
	2011	18,204	15,564	17,984	13,979	12,591	12,408	12,779	14,233	13,410	13,075	11,865
Average price received by processors for all catfish (cents per pound) 2/	2006	227.0	228.9	234.1	245.4	249.6	254.7	257.5	254.0	254.3	256.7	254.0	254.3	247.5
	2007	255.4	249.6	253.8	257.0	251.2	252.0	249.8	237.1	235.1	231.1	227.6	226.3	243.8
	2008	221.0	228.0	236.2	239.4	242.8	248.2	250.0	254.1	259.7	250.4	257.1	255.4	245.2
	2009	258.9	254.4	255.3	259.9	254.7	250.8	249.9	254.5	251.6	244.1	250.8	246.2	252.6
	2010	245.6	248.1	242.1	247.8	247.7	250.8	253.6	251.3	250.7	253.5	256.1	259.7	250.6
	2011	284.7	303.0	321.3	336.6	350.5	346.5	365.9	365.3	372.0	360.9	353.6

1/ Live weight.
2/ Includes fresh and frozen whole fish, fillets, and other products.
Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Catfish Processing.

Date run: 1/17/2012 10:35:43 AM

Aquaculture Data Catfish: Grower and processor sales and prices

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Catfish: Grower and processor sales and prices