USDA Catfish Processing Report for January 2011 : Farm-raised catfish processed during January 2011 totaled 35.1 million pounds round weight, down 12 percent from January 2010. The average price paid to producers was 93.1 cents per pound for January 2011, up 7.0 cents from last month and 16.7 cents above a year ago
Net pounds of processed fish sold during January 2011 totaled 18.2 million pounds, down 6 percent from the comparable month in 2010. Sales of fresh fish, at 6.32 million pounds, were down 11 percent from January 2010 and represented 35 percent of total sales. Frozen fish sales, at 11.9 million pounds, were down 4 percent from a year ago and accounted for the remaining 65 percent of total fish sales. Sales of whole fish represented 17 percent of the total fish sold, fillets accounted for 60 percent, and the remaining 23 percent were mostly steaks, nuggets, and value added products. The total end of the month inventory decreased 10 percent from last month and was down 20 percent from a year ago.
The total fresh and frozen average price for January 2011 was $2.84, up 38 cents from a year ago. The January 2011 average price received by processors for total fresh fish was $2.69 per pound, up 31 cents from last year. Prices for fresh whole fish were $1.90 per pound, up 35 cents from January 2010. Prices for fresh fillets were up 31 cents from a year ago at $3.47 per pound. Total frozen fish averaged $2.93 per pound, up 43 cents from January 2010. Prices for frozen whole dressed fish were up 19 cents at $2.41 and frozen fillets at $3.30 per pound were up 40 cents from a year ago.
Freshwater imports for consumption of Ictalurus spp., Pangasius spp., and other catfish of the order Siluriformes for December 2010 totaled 16.9 million pounds, up 44 percent from the amount imported in December 2009. Imports were from Cambodia, China, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The Ictalurus spp. imports totaled 1.27 million pounds, which were from China, Mexico and Vietnam.
Fresh, boneless catfish fillet exports totaled 45.7 thousand pounds, with 43.7 thousand pounds going to Canada and the rest going to Colombia. Exports of frozen, boneless catfish fillets reported for December 2010 totaled 1.30 thousand pounds, with all going to the Bahamas.
Import and export data are compiled by the United States Census Bureau.
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