HDR1012000170070722971500Mink
Mink
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released July 22, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For
information on "Mink" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 7:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
Pelt Production Down 1 Percent
Mink pelt production in the United States in 1996 totaled 2.65 million pelts,
down 1 percent from 1995. Wisconsin, the major mink producing State, produced
718,000 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S.
production follows: Standard - 46.7 percent; Mahogany - 21.1 percent;
Gunmetal - 12.8 percent; Ranch Wild - 7.4 percent; Demi-buff - 4.1 percent.
The remaining color classes accounted for 7.9 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Down 35 Percent
Mink pelts produced during the 1996 crop year were valued at $93.5 million
dollars, down 35 percent from $142.8 million a year ago. The average price per
pelt for the 1996 crop year was $35.30, down from the record high price of
$53.10 in 1995.
Females Bred Up 5 Percent
Female mink bred to produce kits in 1997 totaled 710,800, up 5 percent from
the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 1997 by color class are:
Standard - 46.5 percent; Mahogany - 19.5 percent; Gunmetal - 12.8 percent;
Ranch Wild - 6.7 percent; Sapphire - 4.5 percent. The remaining color classes
accounted for 10.0 percent.
Number Of Mink Farms Down 7 Percent
There were 415 mink farms producing pelts in 1996, down 7 percent from a year
ago. Leading States were Utah with 130 farms, Wisconsin with 74 farms and
Minnesota with 40.
Fox
There were 40 mink farms which also raised fox in 1996, compared to 49 for the
previous year.
Lv Gn 3 (7-97)
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, By Color Class,
United States, 1995-1997 1/
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: Pelts Produced : Females Bred To Produce Kits
Color :-------------------------------------------------------
Class : 1995 2/: 1996 : 1995 : 1996 2/: 1997
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: Thousands Thousands
:
Standard : 1,216 1,238 351.8 336.3 330.8
Ranch Wild : 264 195 57.8 43.7 47.5
Demi-buff : 159 109 41.8 29.0 29.8
Pastel : 35 32 10.1 9.3 13.4
Pale Brown : 1 1 0.1 0.4 0.2
Sapphire : 66 86 21.9 25.8 32.0
Gunmetal : 284 339 75.0 90.8 90.7
Mahogany : 569 560 123.6 119.0 138.8
Pearl : 33 25 8.0 6.7 5.7
Lavender-hope : 6 9 2.7 2.6 2.1
Pink : 10 3 3.0 0.8 1.4
Violet-type : 13 19 4.1 4.3 8.5
White : 33 30 8.7 7.4 9.2
Misc.& Unclassified : 1 3 0.9 2.1 0.7
:
US Total : 2,689 2,649 709.5 678.2 710.8
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Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value,
United States, 1976-96
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: Mink : Pelts : Average Marketing : Value of
Year : Farms : Produced : Price : Mink Pelts
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: Number 1,000 Dollars Million Dollars
:
1976 : 1,015 3,026 29.00 87.8
1977 : 1,040 3,076 28.30 87.1
1978 : 1,095 3,358 39.30 132.0
1979 : 1,105 3,394 41.10 139.5
1980 : 1,122 3,501 35.30 123.6
1981 : 3/ 3/ 32.20 3/
1982 : 1,116 4,085 28.90 118.1
1983 : 1,098 4,137 29.90 123.7
1984 : 1,084 4,220 30.80 130.0
1985 : 1,042 4,171 28.00 116.8
1986 : 989 4,096 41.30 170.0
1987 : 1,027 4,122 43.00 177.2
1988 : 1,027 4,453 32.30 143.8
1989 : 940 4,604 20.40 93.9
1990 : 771 3,366 25.50 85.8
1991 : 683 3,268 21.90 71.6
1992 : 571 2,900 23.80 69.0
1993 : 498 2,527 34.10 86.2
1994 : 458 2,525 33.00 83.3
1995 2/ : 445 2,689 53.10 142.8
1996 4/ : 415 2,649 35.30 93.5
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1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
2/ Revised based on additional information.
3/ Data not availabe for 1981.
4/ Data are Preliminary.
Mink: Pelts Produced by color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1995
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: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 68,400 36,100 * * * 40,000
IL : 43,500 * *
IA : 42,900 2,100 * * * 10,900 *
MI : 32,100 * 3,400 1,600 1,500 1,300 6,000
MN : 115,000 74,000 3,800 * * 28,000 71,500
NY : 12,700 * 300 * 600 3,100
OH : * 6,000 2,100 100 2,900 800 *
OR : 73,000 * 1,100 * 101,000 5,500
PA : * * * * 8,900 21,600 2,500
SD : * * * * 29,000
UT : 267,000 13,000 68,000 4,000 16,000 22,000 168,000
WA : 67,100 * 25,500 *
WI : 376,100 26,900 9,700 10,600 15,300 64,800 140,300
:
Oth : 118,400 106,100 72,000 16,800 500 21,400 7,900 103,100
Sts :
:
US :1,216,200 264,200 159,000 34,500 500 66,000 284,400 569,000
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: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * 170,500 22
IL : * * 48,400 10
IA : * 3,900 * 91,300 21
MI : 2,100 * 1,400 2,500 52,100 12
MN : * * 3,300 306,000 52
NY : 200 1,000 1,000 * 20,800 11
OH : 100 68,000 12
OR : * 198,000 27
PA : * * * * * 63,200 13
SD : * 80,700 4
UT : 11,000 1,000 570,000 130
WA : 105,000 20
WI : 1,500 3,800 2,500 2,100 19,600 400 673,600 76
:
Oth : 18,400 2,100 6,400 3,600 7,300 300 241,700 35
Sts :
:
US : 33,200 5,900 9,900 13,100 32,700 700 2,689,300 445
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1996
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: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 52,900 32,800 19,100 * * * 45,700
IL : 50,900 *
IA : 45,100 * * 11,500 5,200 14,700 3,900
MI : 30,000 400 1,600 3,400 1,600 12,700
MN : 111,300 65,300 11,200 1,800 * 27,300 71,900
NY : 9,100 * 500 1,100 * * 800 4,100
OH : * 5,500 4,700 2,000 *
OR : 78,000 * * 8,400 110,000 *
PA : * 1,600 * 9,300 22,100 *
SD : * 31,000 * * 37,500
UT : 286,000 11,000 50,000 3,000 18,000 28,000 183,000
WA : 68,000 * * * 33,000 *
WI : 394,800 25,000 5,200 7,200 18,900 88,400 148,400
:
Oth : 111,500 24,500 21,400 6,100 1,200 17,600 10,800 52,900
Sts :
:
US :1,237,600 195,100 109,400 32,300 1,200 85,500 338,700 560,100
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: : : : : : Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White : Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : * * * 170,000 22
IL : * * * 56,700 9
IA : * * * 97,000 20
MI : 1,700 1,200 3,800 600 57,000 9
MN : * * * 293,300 40
NY : 200 200 400 1,600 20,100 11
OH : 73,800 12
OR : * 208,000 23
PA : * * * * 65,700 13
SD : * 94,100 4
UT : 5,000 1,000 585,000 130
WA : 117,000 19
WI : * 4,100 * 4,200 18,300 800 718,100 74
:
Oth : 18,500 5,300 2,800 11,700 7,400 400 93,300 29
Sts :
:
US : 25,400 9,400 3,000 18,500 29,500 3,400 2,649,100 415
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1996
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: : : : : : : :
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 13,000 7,300 2,800 * * * 9,000
IL : 13,200 *
IA : 13,000 * * * 1,400 4,700 3,600
MI : 7,700 300 700 600 2,100
MN : 31,000 13,000 * * * 6,500 15,500
NY : 4,100 * 300 * 100 500
OH : * 1,100 800 100 1,300 400 *
OR : 18,000 * 400 3,000 27,000 1,100
PA : * * * * 2,700 6,000 1,100
SD : * * * * 6,700
UT : 86,400 3,300 14,000 700 100 6,200 8,200 45,900
WA : 16,400 * * 8,200 *
WI :100,400 4,900 1,900 2,300 * 5,400 25,200 23,000
:
Oth : 33,100 14,100 9,500 5,200 300 5,100 3,900 10,500
Sts :
:
US :336,300 43,700 29,000 9,300 400 25,800 90,800 119,000
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: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
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: Number
:
ID : * * * 37,400
IL : * * 14,300
IA : * 1,300 * 29,600
MI : 800 500 700 13,400
MN : * * 68,500
NY : * 7,200
OH : 100 20,500
OR : * 51,000
PA : * * * * 19,200
SD : * 22,800
UT : 2,000 200 167,000
WA : 27,500
WI : 200 1,100 400 800 4,500 * 170,400
:
Oth : 3,700 1,500 400 1,400 2,200 2,100 29,400
Sts :
:
US : 6,700 2,600 800 4,300 7,400 2,100 678,200
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number By Color Class,
Major States and United States, 1997
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:
States: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
: dard : Wild : Buff 1/: tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 12,900 8,100 * * 6,200 12,800
IL : 13,300 * *
IA : 13,700 * 2,200 6,000 2,400 5,300 3,600
MI : 7,300 100 300 600 600 3,300
MN : 26,100 16,600 * 600 * 6,300 16,800
NY : 3,600 * 800 * * 600 300
OH : * 1,300 2,000 500 *
OR : 19,000 * * 3,400 27,000 *
PA : * 900 * 2,900 5,900 *
SD : * * * * 7,600
UT : 91,900 2,400 15,000 900 6,100 9,300 56,300
WA : 17,000 * * 10,400 *
WI : 95,000 6,900 1,100 2,500 6,900 20,400 24,400
:
Oth : 31,000 12,200 10,500 2,300 200 1,500 4,400 13,700
Sts :
:
US :330,800 47,500 29,800 13,400 200 32,000 90,700 138,800
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: : : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender : Pink : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
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: Number
:
ID : * * 46,500
IL : * * 14,700
IA : * 2,700 * 36,600
MI : 500 300 800 200 14,000
MN : * * * 68,500
NY : 400 400 6,800
OH : 19,700
OR : * 52,000
PA : * * * * 19,100
SD : * 23,000
UT : 200 2,000 900 185,000
WA : 30,900
WI : * * * 1,200 4,800 500 165,000
:
Oth : 5,000 2,100 1,000 1,900 2,700 29,000
Sts :
:
US : 5,700 2,100 1,400 8,500 9,200 700 710,800
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl
or others. * Included in other States in each respective color class to
avoid disclosing individual operations.
Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known
producers. State Statistical Offices use all known
sources of producers to ensure that their lists are as complete as possible.
All known mink producers are mailed a questionnaire and given adequate time to
respond by mail. Those that do not respond by mail are telephoned or possibly
enumerated in person. Great care is exercised to ensure that all operations
are accounted for. Major auction houses which handle virtually all producer
sales provide mink pelt price data in June. Prices are collected at the point
of first sale by producers, before marketing costs are deducted.
Reliability: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates
from reported data. All data are analyzed for unusual values.
Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and
to trends from similar operations. Data for inaccessible operations are
accounted for through the expansion of the reported data or by imputation
based on individual historical data. Survey data are subject to non-sampling
errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data.
While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by
carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
Revision policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when
current estimates are made. Revisions are the result of
late or corrected data and are generally within one-half percent.
The next "Mink" report will be released in July 1998.
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