Net pounds of processed fish sold during February 2012 totaled 14.4 million pounds, down 7 percent from the comparable month in 2011. Sales of fresh fish, at 5.19 million pounds, were down 1 percent from February 2011 and represented 36 percent of total sales. Frozen fish sales, at 9.26 million pounds, were down 10 percent from a year ago and accounted for the remaining 64 percent of total fish sales. Sales of whole fish represented 20 percent of the total fish sold, fillets accounted for 58 percent, and the remaining 22 percent were mostly steaks, nuggets, and value added products.
The total end of the month inventory decreased 6 percent from last month but was up 31 percent from a year ago.
The total fresh and frozen average price for February 2012 was $3.50, up 47 cents from a year ago. The February 2012 average price received by processors for total fresh fish was $3.42 per pound, up 51 cents from last year. Prices for fresh whole fish were $2.44 per pound, up 38 cents from February 2011. Prices for fresh fillets were up 93 cents from a year ago at $4.68 per pound. Total frozen fish averaged $3.54 per pound, up 45 cents from February 2011. Prices for frozen whole dressed fish were up 35 cents at $2.94 and frozen fillets at $4.25 per pound were up 69 cents from a year ago.
Imports for consumption of Ictalurus spp., Pangasius spp., and other catfish of the order Siluriformes for January 2012 totaled 25.6 million pounds, up 57 percent from the amount imported in January 2011. Imports were from Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Ictalurus spp. imports totaled 2.03 million pounds, which were from China.
Fresh catfish fillet exports totaled 85.2 thousand pounds, with 38.7 thousand pounds going to Canada and the rest going to the Bahamas, Barbados, Jordan, and Poland. Exports of frozen catfish fillets reported for January 2012 totaled 2.7 thousand pounds, going to the Bahamas.
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Farm-Raised Catfish Processed and Prices Paid to Producers by Month - United States: 2011-2012 |
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|
Month |
Monthly |
Cumulative |
Price (USD/pound) |
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|
Volume (1,000 pounds) |
2012 as percent of 2011 (%) |
Volume (1,000 pounds) |
2012 as percent of 2011 (%) |
2011 |
2012 |
Change from 2011 |
|||
|
2011 |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
||||||
|
1 |
35,076 |
25,843 |
74 |
35,076 |
25,843 |
74 |
0.931 |
1.248 |
0.317 |
|
2 |
27,782 |
26,950 |
97 |
62,858 |
52,793 |
84 |
1.003 |
1.229 |
0.226 |
|
3 |
30,372 |
|
|
93,230 |
|
|
1.075 |
|
|
|
4 |
23,605 |
|
|
116,835 |
|
|
1.141 |
|
|
|
5 |
24,749 |
|
|
141,584 |
|
|
1.169 |
|
|
|
6 |
24,337 |
|
|
165,921 |
|
|
1.231 |
|
|
|
7 |
26,595 |
|
|
192,516 |
|
|
1.252 |
|
|
|
8 |
30,680 |
|
|
223,196 |
|
|
1.277 |
|
|
|
9 |
30,271 |
|
|
253,467 |
|
|
1.275 |
|
|
|
10 |
32,264 |
|
|
285,731 |
|
|
1.262 |
|
|
|
11 |
25,814 |
|
|
311,545 |
|
|
1.257 |
|
|
|
12 |
22,598 |
|
|
334,143 |
|
|
1.251 |
|
|
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Catfish Imports by Month – United States: 2011 - 2012 |
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|
Month |
Ictalurus spp. |
Total |
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|
Volume (1,000 pounds) |
2012 as percent of 2011 |
Volume (1,000 pounds) |
2012 as percent of 2011 |
|||
|
2011 |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
|||
|
1 |
1,301 |
2,028 |
156 |
16,276 |
25,551 |
157 |
|
2 |
1,015 |
|
|
13,790 |
|
|
|
3 |
211 |
|
|
9,133 |
|
|
|
4 |
216 |
|
|
13,325 |
|
|
|
5 |
113 |
|
|
16,314 |
|
|
|
6 |
11 |
|
|
14,643 |
|
|
|
7 |
19 |
|
|
18,034 |
|
|
|
8 |
39 |
|
|
18,383 |
|
|
|
9 |
171 |
|
|
18,576 |
|
|
|
10 |
838 |
|
|
20,335 |
|
|
|
11 |
1,372 |
|
|
22,262 |
|
|
|
12 |
2,113 |
|
|
22,608 |
|
|
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Catfish Exports by Month – United States: 2011 - 2012 |
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|
Month |
Fresh |
Frozen |
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|
Volume (1,000 pounds) |
2012 as percent of 2011 |
Volume (1,000 pounds) |
2012 as percent of 2011 |
|||
|
2011 |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
|||
|
1 |
53.9 |
85.2 |
158 |
10.2 |
2.7 |
26 |
|
2 |
56.7 |
|
|
13.2 |
|
|
|
3 |
42.3 |
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
4 |
38.7 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5 |
41 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
6 |
38 |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
7 |
150 |
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
8 |
72.7 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
9 |
29.4 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
10 |
55.9 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
11 |
42.7 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
12 |
51.4 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
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Processed Farmed-Raised Catfish Sales Volume and Average Price by Month – Unites States: 2011 - 2012 |
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|
Item |
Sales volume (thousand pounds) |
Average price (USD/pound) |
||||
|
February 2011 |
January 2012 |
February 2012 |
February 2011 |
January 2012 |
February 2012 |
|
|
Fresh fish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whole |
2,046 |
2,219 |
2,323 |
2.06 |
2.44 |
2.44 |
|
Round and gutted |
943 |
1,189 |
1,136 |
1.60 |
1.87 |
1.80 |
|
Whole dressed |
1,103 |
1,030 |
1,187 |
2.37 |
2.98 |
2.94 |
|
Other |
535 |
473 |
515 |
1.95 |
2.15 |
2.11 |
|
Steaks |
78 |
45 |
45 |
2.75 |
3.60 |
3.54 |
|
Nuggets |
421 |
404 |
446 |
1.62 |
1.83 |
1.82 |
|
Other |
36 |
24 |
24 |
4.07 |
4.85 |
4.77 |
|
Fillets |
2,650 |
2,231 |
2,349 |
3.75 |
4.73 |
4.68 |
|
Total fresh |
5,231 |
4,923 |
5,187 |
2.91 |
3.45 |
3.42 |
|
Frozen fish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whole dressed |
762 |
526 |
634 |
2.59 |
3.04 |
2.94 |
|
Other |
2,738 |
2,830 |
2,644 |
2.06 |
1.95 |
2.09 |
|
Steaks |
51 |
44 |
56 |
2.69 |
3.24 |
3.15 |
|
Nuggets |
1,773 |
2,160 |
1,943 |
1.43 |
1.33 |
1.39 |
|
Other |
914 |
626 |
645 |
3.26 |
4.00 |
4.09 |
|
Fillets |
6,833 |
5,148 |
5,982 |
3.56 |
4.26 |
4.25 |
|
Total frozen |
10,333 |
8,504 |
9,260 |
3.09 |
3.42 |
3.54 |
|
Fresh and frozen fish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whole |
2,808 |
2,745 |
2,957 |
2.20 |
2.56 |
2.54 |
|
Round and gutted |
943 |
1,189 |
1,136 |
1.60 |
1.87 |
1.80 |
|
Whole dressed |
1,865 |
1,556 |
1,821 |
2.46 |
3.00 |
2.94 |
|
Other |
3,273 |
3,303 |
3,159 |
2.05 |
1.98 |
2.09 |
|
Steaks |
129 |
89 |
101 |
2.73 |
3.42 |
3.32 |
|
Nuggets |
2,194 |
2,564 |
2,389 |
1.47 |
1.41 |
1.47 |
|
Other |
950 |
650 |
669 |
3.29 |
4.03 |
4.11 |
|
Fillets |
9,483 |
7,379 |
8,331 |
3.61 |
4.40 |
4.37 |
|
Total fresh and frozen fish |
15,564 |
13,427 |
14,447 |
3.03 |
3.43 |
3.50 |
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Processed Farm-Raised Catfish Ending Inventory by Month – Unites States: 2010 - 2011 |
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|
Item |
Ending inventory (thousand pounds) |
||
|
February 2011 |
January 2012 |
February 2012 |
|
|
Fresh fish |
|
|
|
|
Whole |
139 |
131 |
155 |
|
Round and gutted |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Whole dressed |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Other |
95 |
92 |
56 |
|
Steaks |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Nuggets |
86 |
86 |
48 |
|
Other |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Fillets |
362 |
382 |
316 |
|
Total fresh |
596 |
605 |
527 |
|
Frozen fish |
|
|
|
|
Whole dressed |
830 |
407 |
372 |
|
Other |
2,842 |
1,859 |
1,684 |
|
Steaks |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Nuggets |
2,120 |
1,477 |
1,274 |
|
Other |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Fillets |
4,772 |
9,807 |
9,298 |
|
Total frozen |
8,444 |
12,073 |
11,354 |
|
Fresh and frozen fish |
|
|
|
|
Whole |
969 |
538 |
527 |
|
Round and gutted |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Whole dressed |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Other |
2,937 |
1,951 |
1,740 |
|
Steaks |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Nuggets |
2,206 |
1,563 |
1,322 |
|
Other |
(D) |
(D) |
(D) |
|
Fillets |
5,134 |
10,189 |
9,614 |
|
Total fresh and frozen fish |
9,040 |
12,678 |
11,881 |
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