National Agricultural Statistics Service Report on Mink Production, 2004
Lv Gn 3 (7-04)
Mink
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released July 15, 2004, 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 2 Percent
Mink pelt production in the United States in 2003 totaled 2.55 million
pelts, down 2 percent from 2002. Wisconsin, the largest mink producing
State, produced 706,000 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S.
production in 2003 follows: Black at 40.2 percent; Mahogany at 21.5
percent; Blue Iris at 16.1 percent; Demi/Wild at 6.4 percent; Sapphire at
5.8 percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 10.0 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Up 28 Percent
Mink pelts produced during the 2003 crop year were valued at $102 million
dollars, up 28 percent from $79.8 million a year ago. The average price
per pelt for the 2003 crop year was $40.10, up from $30.60 in 2002.
Females Bred Up Slightly
Female mink bred to produce kits in 2004 totaled 604,800, up slightly
from the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 2004 by color class are:
Black at 45.9 percent; Mahogany at 21.0 percent; Blue Iris at 11.9
percent; Demi/Wild at 5.8 percent; Sapphire at 5.0 percent. The
remaining color classes accounted for 10.4 percent.
Number of Mink Farms Down 5 Percent
There were 307 mink farms producing pelts in 2003, down 5 percent from a
year ago. Leading States were Utah with 80 farms, Wisconsin with 69 farms
and Minnesota with 31.
Fox
There were 18 mink farms which also raised fox in 2003, down from 20 the
previous year.
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, by Color Class,
United States, 2002-2004
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: Pelts Produced :Females Bred to Produce Kits
Color :-----------------------------------------------------------
Class : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2004
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: 1,000
:
Black : 966.8 1,025.7 255.4 277.5
Demi-Wild : 150.3 164.4 31.4 34.8
Pastel : 32.5 29.5 8.3 9.3
Sapphire : 182.2 146.7 38.4 30.2
Blue Iris : 516.4 409.5 101.4 71.7
Mahogany : 566.2 548.3 118.9 127.1
Pearl : 88.0 74.9 20.1 16.8
Lavender : 9.8 4.2 1.3 1.5
Violet : 11.5 18.7 7.1 6.1
White : 75.1 117.0 19.4 26.3
Misc. & Unclassified: 8.5 10.1 1.7 3.5
:
US 1/ : 2,607.3 2,549.0 603.4 604.8
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Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value,
United States, 1984-03
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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
:
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 : 523 2,620 34.10 89.3
1994 : 484 2,623 33.00 86.6
1995 : 478 2,803 53.10 148.8
1996 : 449 2,783 35.30 98.2
1997 : 452 2,993 33.10 99.1
1998 : 438 2,938 24.80 72.9
1999 : 398 2,813 33.70 94.8
2000 : 350 2,666 34.00 90.6
2001 : 329 2,565 33.50 85.9
2002 : 324 2,607 30.60 79.8
2003 : 307 2,549 40.10 102.2
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1/ Sum of color class may not add to U.S. total due to rounding.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 2002
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: : Demi- : : Sap- : Blue : Mahog- :
States : Black : Wild : Pastel : phire : Iris : any : Pearl
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: Number
:
ID : 68,100 47,400 28,200 52,300
IL : 41,900
IA : 60,500 13,200 8,300 12,400
MI :
MN : 43,700 46,300 1,500 3,500 80,800 81,400
OH : 30,300 10,900 16,500
OR : 83,400 25,400 143,300
PA : 6,900 11,100 14,100
SD :
UT : 200,000 24,000 39,000 231,000
WA : 42,600 18,500 48,900
WI : 341,000 17,500 14,200 37,300 141,000 97,900
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 48,400 68,000 16,800 9,400 12,800 74,700 88,000
:
US 2/ : 966,800 150,300 32,500 182,200 516,400 566,200 88,000
:
:-------------------------------------------------------------:
: : : : Misc. & : : Number :
:Lavender : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : of :
: : : : ified : Pelts : Farms :
:-------------------------------------------------------------:
: ------------------------- Number ------------------------
:
ID : 228,900 28
IL : 53,500 7
IA : 111,600 16
MI : 57,000 9
MN : 270,600 36
OH : 63,300 8
OR : 270,200 25
PA : 53,600 8
SD : 78,200 4
UT : 4,000 575,000 80
WA : 110,000 15
WI : 32,100 685,000 69
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 5,800 11,500 43,000 8,500 50,400 19
:
US 2/ : 9,800 11,500 75,100 8,500 2,607,300 324
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1/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were
not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color
classes may not add to the State total.
2/ New color classes started in 2002. Reference page 8.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 2003
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: : Demi- : : Sap- : Blue : Mahog- :
States : Black : Wild : Pastel : phire : Iris : any : Pearl
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: Number
:
ID : 60,200 22,600 13,400 49,600
IL : 41,800
IA : 65,100 10,200 2,100
MI :
MN : 37,700 49,600 1,100 2,900 48,900 84,000
OH : 32,100 9,400 9,800
OR : 96,500 25,000 131,000 18,400
PA : 6,400 10,500 17,700
SD :
UT : 235,000 26,500 23,000 226,000
WA : 28,800 13,400 52,400
WI : 381,000 6,200 35,300 97,700 95,000
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 41,100 101,400 22,200 14,500 15,200 63,400 74,900
:
US 2/ :1,025,700 164,400 29,500 146,700 409,500 548,300 74,900
:
:-------------------------------------------------------------:
: : : : Misc. & : : Number :
:Lavender : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total : of :
: : : : ified : Pelts : Farms :
:-------------------------------------------------------------:
: ------------------------ Number ------------------------
:
ID : 168,700 24
IL : 52,300 7
IA : 16,700 129,100 15
MI : 51,000 8
MN : 700 16,300 245,200 31
OH : 63,000 9
OR : 273,000 25
PA : 44,600 9
SD : 78,700 3
UT : 590,000 80
WA : 94,600 10
WI : 63,400 2,100 706,300 69
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 4,200 18,000 20,600 8,000 52,500 17
:
US 2/ : 4,200 18,700 117,000 10,100 2,549,000 307
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1/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were
not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color
classes may not add to the State total.
2/ New color classes started in 2002. Reference page 8.
Female Mink Bred to Produced Kits: Number by Color Class,
Major States and United States, 2003
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: : Demi- : : Sap- : Blue : Mahog-
States : Black : Wild : Pastel : phire : Iris : any
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: Number
:
ID : 15,200 5,500 4,000 12,000
IL : 11,800
IA : 18,400 4,000 2,800 600
MI :
MN : 10,000 9,000 300 800 14,700 15,500
OH : 8,100 1,900 5,500
OR : 19,800 5,200 27,600
PA : 1,900 3,600 5,400
SD :
UT : 56,200 6,100 6,000 48,300
WA : 7,700 4,300 10,700 200
WI : 94,700 5,400 3,200 9,000 26,500 21,000
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 11,600 12,700 4,800 2,300 3,700 15,800
:
US 2/ : 255,400 31,400 8,300 38,400 101,400 118,900
:
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl : Lavender : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : : : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : 41,100
IL : 14,300
IA : 32,400
MI : 11,600
MN : 4,300 55,500
OH : 17,400
OR : 56,500
PA : 14,200
SD : 18,100
UT : 135,000
WA : 22,900
WI : 8,500 170,000
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 20,100 1,300 7,100 6,600 1,700 14,400
:
US 2/ : 20,100 1,300 7,100 19,400 1,700 603,400
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1/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were
not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color
classes may not add to the State total.
2/ New color classes started for female mink bred in 2003. Reference page
8.
Female Mink Bred to Produced Kits: Number by Color Class,
Major States and United States, 2004
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: : Demi- : : Sap- : Blue : Mahog-
States : Black : Wild : Pastel : phire : Iris : any
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: Number
:
ID : 15,600 3,400 2,800 14,600
IL : 11,900
IA : 18,900 2,600 600
MI :
MN : 9,500 10,600 400 700 7,400 18,400
OH : 9,400 2,000 3,600
OR : 25,600 3,100 17,900 6,200
PA : 5,200 3,200 2,900
SD :
UT : 61,000 5,000 5,400 51,900
WA : 10,500 2,900 10,900
WI : 100,200 2,000 8,400 18,500 19,300
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 9,700 21,300 6,900 4,400 3,300 12,500
:
US 2/ : 277,500 34,800 9,300 30,200 71,700 127,100
:
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : Misc. & :
: Pearl : Lavender : Violet : White : Unclass- : Total
: : : : : ified :
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number
:
ID : 41,400
IL : 14,800
IA : 3,500 34,000
MI : 11,700
MN : 3,100 51,300
OH : 18,400
OR : 53,300
PA : 14,900
SD : 17,800
UT : 143,000
WA : 24,300
WI : 168,900
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 16,800 1,500 6,100 19,700 3,500 11,000
:
US 2/ : 16,800 1,500 6,100 26,300 3,500 604,800
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1/ "Other States" include some pelts from the above listed States which were
not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published color
classes may not add to the State total.
2/ New color classes started for female mink bred in 2003. Reference page
8.
Mink Color Classes, beginning with pelt production in 2002 and female
mink bred in 2003:
Black - formerly Standard, includes Pure Dark.
Demi/Wild - includes Dark Brown, Ranch Wild, Demi-buff.
Pastel - includes Dawn, Orchid.
Sapphire - includes Pale Brown.
Blue Iris - formerly Gunmetal, includes Aleutian.
Mahogany
Pearl
Lavender - formerly Lavender Hope.
Violet - includes Violet type, Cameo, Winterblue, Glacial.
White
Miscellaneous - Includes Pink.
Survey Procedures: Data for mink production are collected from all known
producers. State Statistical Offices use known sources of producers to
update their lists. 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. Care is exercised
to ensure that all operations are accounted for. Major auction houses
which handle producer sales provide mink pelt price data in July. 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.
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