Data Sets
" "  
Data Sets

Print this page Print | E-mail this link E-mail | Bookmark & Share Bookmark/share | Translate this page Translate | Text only Text only | resize text smallresize text mediumresize text large
U.S. Broiler Industry.


This is an archived data product. It does not reflect the current ERS work program. For current data products see the data section.

U.S. Broiler Industry.: documentation

Any contact information shown below may be outdated.

See the product introduction to download this data set.

The U.S. Broiler Industry      (Updated 10/88)    Stock #89006
Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
************************************************************************

Note:  Data distributed with this product may include both published and
unpublished statistics in the public domain.  Distribution in this form
does not imply U.S. Department of Agriculture approval of a particular
data series or statistic, nor does the Department attest to their
accuracy.  Moreover, the Economic Research Service makes no warranty
that data supplied in this form are either accurate transcriptions from
source materials or appropriate for a particular user purpose.

For comments or further information contact:
                         Madison, Milton E.--MMADISON@econ.ag.gov             

Or contact the ERS Information Center at:    Phone: 202-694-5050
                                             e-mail:service@econ.ag.gov/ 

The ERS Information Center is the principal point of contact to respond to
customer questions regarding ERS products and services. The ERS Information
Center operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Federal
holidays. Staff answering the phones are trained to provide quality customer
service
************************************************************************

Data files on this diskette mirror the statistical tables in the
U.S. BROILER INDUSTRY (AER-591).

Lotus 1-2-3 worksheets on this diskette are nearly identical in
format and content to the corresponding tables in the related
report.  Each worksheet table file is named BROILT*.wk1 , and
each appendix table is named APPENDT*.wk1, where * = the table
number shown below:

                         LIST OF TABLES
--Report--
Page  Table

  3.   1.     Per capita consumption of poultry and meats.
  4.   2.     Per capita consumption of broilers by calendar
              quarters.
  6.   3.     Actual and deflated retail prices and per capita
              consumption of broilers.
  8.   4.     Broiler production, price, value, and per capita
              consumption.
 12.   5.     Ten leading States in broiler production, by rank.
 13.   6.     Number of farms and distribution of broiler sales
              by sales class, selected years.
 14.   7.     Costs and returns for RTC broilers, wholesale.
 18.   8.     Regional comparisons for broiler production factors
              and costs, selected years.
 23.   9.     Regional capital investment costs for typical
              commercial broiler housing, selected periods.
 24.  10.     Market share of top broiler firms and number of
              plants operated by those firms, selected years.
 25.  11.     Firms slaughtering broilers under Federal
              inspection, 1984.
 27.  12.     Broiler slaughtering plants under Federal
              inspection and annual slaughter volume (liveweight)
              by region and plant size.
 28.  13.     Changes in federally inspected broiler slaughter
              volume by size of plant, 1980-84.
 30.  14.     Firms further processing broilers under Federal
              inspection, 1984.
 32.  15.     Further processing of broilers under Federal
              inspection, by size of plant, 1984.
 33.  16.     Volume of broilers used in further processing by
              plants under Federal inspection:  Region and State,
              1984.
 34.  17.     Number of large integrated U.S. broiler companies
              and their plants producing further processed
              broiler products by State, 1984.
 36.  18.     Production and value of various types of frozen
              further processed chicken products and other
              convenience foods.
 37.  19.     Breaded and precooked frozen chicken:  Production
              and sales values for institutional and retail
              markets.
 40.  20.     Retail prices per package for selected further
              processed poultry products.
 41.  21.     Retail prices for selected further processed
              chicken products, Atlanta metropolitan area.
 43.  22.     Processing and transportation costs for broilers,
              RTC, whole equivalent.
 45.  23.     Broiler processing plant costs and capabilities by
              major regions, selected years.
 48.  24.     Prices and price spreads for RTC frying chicken,
              selected years.
 50.  25.     Regional broiler production compared with
              consumption, selected years.
 51.  26.     Origin of broiler receipts for 13 major cities,
              selected years.
 52.  27.     Costs of trucking ready-to-cook broilers from major
              production areas to selected domestic consumer
              markets, 1982.
 53.  28.     Interregional movements projected to minimize
              broiler shipping costs from primary production
              centers to major U.S. consuming regions, 1982.
 54.  29.     Seasonality of slaughtering broilers under Federal
              inspection.
 55.  30.     Condemnations and yields of broilers slaughtered
              under Federal inspection, selected years.
 59.  31.     Transit time from north Georgia plants to various
              destinations for truckload lots of ready-to-cook
              broilers, 1975.
 62.  32.     Broilers slaughtered and certified under Federal
              inspection, by product form.
 63.  33.     Broilers certified under Federal inspection, RTC
              weights, by preserving method.
 64.  34.     Estimates of U.S. broiler meat consumption, RTC
              weight.
 67.  35.     Projected capital investment summary for a complete
              broiler complex, Michigan, 1982.
 70.  36.     Staffing requirements for a 315,000 bird-per-week
              broiler complex in Michigan, 1982.

                       LIST OF APPENDICES

Page  Appendix

 81.    1.    Demand elasticity estimates for broiler and chicken
              meat, selected studies.
 82.    2.    Wholesale broiler prices, monthly 12-city
              composite.
 83.    3.    Monthly New York wholesale prices for chicken
              breasts with ribs.
 84.    4.    Monthly New York wholesale prices for chicken legs.
 85.    5.    Estimated per capita expenditures for poultry,
              beef, and pork.
 86.    6.    Factors used to estimate broiler production and
              marketing costs.
 87.    7.    Estimated monthly net returns per pound for
              broilers.
 88.    8.    Price indexes for selected factors influencing
              broiler demand and supply.




                          * * * * E N D * * * *
 
For more information, contact: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov