Commodity Data Sheet
9170 -76
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION
SERVICE
Chickens and Eggs
August 22, 1977
75 -76
AREA
&
UNIT
ITEM
OREGON
mil.
Chicks hatched
thou.
Layers, average number a /
mil.
Eggs produced a/
c /doz.
Egg price
lbs /doz.
Egg -feed price ratio b/
eggs /layer
Rate of lay c/
mil.
Broilers produced
c
/lb.
Broiler prices
ratio
b/.
Broiler -feed price
$ /ton
Broiler -grower feed d/
It
Laying feed
Cash receipts:
mil. $
Eggs
Farm chickens
It
Broilers (gross income).
1973
1974
1975r
30.3
2,314
535
53.9
8.2
25.0
3.1
173
137
27.0
2,282
543
52.0
6.4
238
14.3
27.0
3.2
182
162
28.5
2,219
519
51.3
6.5
234
14.0
30.0
3.4
179
160
23.8
23.4
22.0
231
14.0
-
-
% change
1976p
28.8
2,295
532
56.3
7.2
232
15.2
28.0
3.3*
183
158
+ 1.1
24.7
+ 3.4
+ 2.5
+ 9.7
+10.8
- 0.9
+ 8.6
- 6.7
- 2.9
+ 2.2
- 1.3
.71
.53
.26
.44
+12.3
+69.2
13.3
15.0
16.0
16.5
+ 3.1
tt
UNITED STATES
3,578
3,741
mil.
Chickens hatched
12.20
10.84
$ /100
Baby chicks, broiler
It
37.72
35.43
Baby chicks, egg -type
286.7
292.9
mil.
Layers, average number a /
66.1
66.6
bil.
Eggs produced a/
53.3
52.5
c /doz.
Egg price
153
137
$ /ton
Laying feed
7.0
7.9
lbs /doz.
Egg -feed price ratio b/
231
227
eggs /layer
Rate of lay c/
2,992.3
3,008:7
mil.
Broilers produced
21.5
23.9
c /lb.
Broiler price
2.6
3.3
Broiler -feed price ratio b/.
Cash receipts:
2,886.2 2,911.4
mil: $
Eggs
1I
117.6
166.1
Farm chickens
t'
Broilers (gross income).
2,690.4 2,435.9
r - Revised.
*Discontinued monthly average
p - Preliminary.
-
-
-
3,623
13.50
39.10
277.0
64.4
52.5
149
7.0
232
2,792.7
26.2
3.2
9.9
5.9
- 4.1
- 0.5
+ 0.6
+11.2
+ 0.7
+11.4
+ 1.3
+12.0
-12.5
-12.5
+
3,981
12.70
37.50
275.5
64.8
58.4
150
7.8
235
3,128.3
23.6
2.8
-
+12.0
+31.2
2,792.9 3,128.3
135.8
103.5
2,899.2 2,950.1
after May, 1976.
+ 1.8
a/ December 1, previous year through November 30.
b/ Number of pounds of poultry ration equivalent in value at local market prices to one
dozen eggs or 1 pound of chicken live weight.
c/ Total egg
SOURCE:
production divided by average number of layers on hand.
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University,
from USDA and other government reports.
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Agriculture, Home Economics, 4-H Youth, Forestry, Community Development, and Marine Advisory Programs
Oregon State University, United States Department of Agriculture, and Oregon Counties cooperating
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CHICKENS, Number on OREGON Farms.
DISTRICT
& COUNTY
DISTRICT 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
1972
1973
2,363
13
790
125
460
490
40
2,166
13
720
120
360
485
1974
thousands
2,288
13
970
115
275
480
40
1/
1975r
2,241
1976p
2,230
18
20
970
100
250
490
880
200
325
500
75
90
230
30
75
80
228
20
60
25
200
53
10
50
60
9
9
10
20
10
20
10
30
58
9
10
30
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
7
7
6
6
4
DISTRICT 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
300
295
55
65
210
240
50
165
225
40
160
35
200
30
295
70
200
25
25
25
DISTRICT 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
172
196
189
192
203
3
3
3
3
3
7
7
7
7
7
3
2
2
2
155
157
170
12
10
11
9
12
9
10
9
3
2
2
2
25
25
28
20
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
4
3
13
13
26
-
p
1
-
-
5
5
3
13
10
5
15
6
2
2
2
110
10
25
133
114
4
2
3
5
5
13
13
5
5
3
2
131
13
40
4
115
12
30
3
-
5
8
7
16
14
4
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
65
63
65
100
85
3
2
2
1
1
3,049
STATE TOTAL
SOURCE:
158
3
Lake
1/
-
130
DISTRICT 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Revised.
December
-
3
DISTRICT 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
-
120
240
57
11
11
21
Columbia
r
38
70
65
150
230
DISTRICT 2
Clatsop
-
2,850
-
-
2,957
2,894
2,850
Preliminary.
of previous year.
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Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University.
(9170) -76
Value of Chicken Eggs Sold, by Counties
OREGON, 1973 -1976p
COUNTY
1973
1974
-
Benton
thousand dollars
101
131
155
6,688
8,851
8,765
9,090
Lane
995
865
661
1,532
Linn
3,317
2,184
1,879
2,955
Marion
3,413
3,529
3,458
4,239
Multnomah
266
204
75
40
Polk
509
487
527
423
1,152
611
543
102
1,804
1,760
1,472
1,452
106
45
51
29
Coos
186
152
290
275
Douglas
497
496
152
189
Jackson
1,539
1,528
1,152
1,406
259
128
124
131
1,539
1,299
1,498
1,715
Umatilla
100
47
42
20
Deschutes
276
123
72
37
Klamath
531
549
776
725
Other counties
523
398
348
210
23,357
22,016
24,725
Washington
-
Yamhill
Clatsop
-
Josephine.
Sherman
.STATE TOTAL
-
1976p
106
Clackamas
r
19 75 r
Revised.
SOURCE:
23,806
p
-
-
Preliminary.
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State
University.
-
-
August 9, 1977
Value of Broilers Sold, by Counties, - in OREGON, 1973 -1976p
1973
COUNTY
'
161
-
2,294
*
--
STATE TOTAL
r - Revised.
-
p
-
-
--
-
--
728
622'
-
1,333
1,300
536
1;419
656
2,243
329
106
103
540
1,496
827
2,177
321
*
- --
228
*
*
329
267
289
*
*
104
103
-
--
- --
2
155
15,960
15,008
13,300
counties.
other
in
Preliminary. * Included
16,544
-
57
43
Other counties
4,543
4,135
171
-
-
---
193
290
183
136
4,447
3,930
1,377
-
2,257
-
1976p
4,927
3,285
413
1,491
229
4,621
2,042
365
1,827
215
967
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Columbia
Hood River
Umatilla
Malheur
1975r
1974
thousand dollars
a/ 12 -month period beginning with December of previous year.
SOURCE:
University,
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State
Value of Chickens, Including Broilers, Sold by Counties,
OREGON, 1973 -1976p
1973
COUNTY
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Columbia
Hood River
Umatilla
Malheur
.
STATE TOTAL
r - Revised.
SOURCE:
p
-
1976p
4,680
4,158
4,879
2,054
446
1,999
5,150
3,310
447
1,588
4,551
3,938
643
1,338
219
976
198
2,284
194
537
1,426
664
2,262
186
138
233
1,383
186
2,321
230
330
105
105
148
148
291
Other counties
1975r
1974
thousand dollars
-
777
1,443
542
1,506
829
2,213
*
268
290
*
*
*
*
593
541
14,012
15 536
16.220
* Included with "Other Counties ".
Preliminary.
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Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State
University.
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