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/	2004	53,849	54,173	60,272	53,896	52,324	50,155	51,055	53,295	51,329	52,396	49,536	48,170	630,450
	2005	53,856	51,720	57,117	50,306	51,552	49,626	47,241	50,686	47,151	49,034	46,674	45,707	600,670
	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
Average price paid by processors for farm-raised catfish (cents per pound) 1/	2004	66.8	70.3	72.3	72.8	72.0	68.9	68.2	68.3	68.3	69.5	68.9	69.0	69.6
	2005	72.5	73.1	73.3	72.5	72.2	72.1	72.3	72.4	72.4	72.4	72.4	72.6	72.5
	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
Catfish sold by processors (1,000 pounds) 2/	2004	27,140	28,526	28,845	25,033	24,764	24,896	24,623	26,538	24,674	25,863	23,156	22,721	306,779
	2005	26,204	26,526	27,473	24,536	25,764	25,154	23,729	25,336	24,649	25,904	22,868	21,825	299,968
	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
Average price received by processors for all catfish (cents per pound) 2/	2004	214.2	221.0	227.2	233.5	229.2	224.3	227.4	219.9	221.4	221.7	218.6	223.3	223.5
	2005	228.6	229.7	233.1	231.3	229.8	229.8	228.1	227.4	228.3	226.7	229.9	224.9	229.0
	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

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

Date run: 11/13/2009 1:35:06 PM

Aquaculture Data Catfish: Grower and processor sales and prices

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Catfish: Grower and processor sales and prices