Lv Gn 3 (7-01)
Mink
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released July 19, 2001, 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 5 Percent
Mink pelt production in the United States in 2000 totaled 2.67 million
pelts, down 5 percent from 1999. Wisconsin, the major mink producing
State, produced 680,100 pelts.
By color class, the number of pelts as a percent of the total U.S.
production follows: Standard - 35.7 percent; Mahogany - 26.6 percent;
Gunmetal - 17.3 percent; Ranch Wild - 5.1 percent; Sapphire - 5.0
percent. The remaining color classes accounted for 10.3 percent.
Value of Pelt Production Down 4 Percent
Mink pelts produced during the 2000 crop year were valued at $90.6
million dollars, down 4 percent from $94.8 million a year ago. The
average price per pelt for the 2000 crop year was $34.00, up from $33.70
in 1999.
Females Bred Down 5 Percent
Female mink bred to produce kits in 2001 totaled 630,200, down 5 percent
from the previous year.
Percent of total females bred to produce kits in 2001 by color class are:
Standard - 39.5 percent; Mahogany - 22.2 percent; Gunmetal - 17.6
percent; Sapphire - 5.6 percent;. The remaining color classes accounted
for 15.1 percent.
Number Of Mink Farms Down 12 Percent
There were 351 mink farms producing pelts in 2000, down 12 percent from
a year ago. Leading States were Utah with 90 farms, Wisconsin with 70
farms and Minnesota with 37.
Fox
There were 24 mink farms which also raised fox in 2000, down from 27 the
previous year.
Mink: Pelts Produced and Females Bred, by Color Class,
United States, 1999-01 1/
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: Pelts Produced : Females Bred to Produce Kits
Color :---------------------------------------------------------
Class : 1999 2/ : 2000 : 1999 2/ : 2000 2/ : 2001
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: 1,000
:
Standard : 1,067.3 951.3 265.5 257.1 248.8
Ranch Wild : 171.6 136.9 39.3 32.0 22.7
Demi-buff 1/ : 106.3 95.6 26.2 24.7 17.7
Pastel : 40.5 45.8 10.2 12.5 11.3
Pale Brown : 1.2 7.5 0.2 0.7 2.5
Sapphire : 141.7 133.8 36.9 33.4 35.1
Gunmetal : 458.9 461.5 112.6 113.0 111.0
Mahogany : 719.0 707.9 155.0 158.8 139.9
Pearl : 32.3 43.9 9.4 11.4 12.8
Lavender-hope : 7.9 4.5 2.0 1.5 1.5
Pink : 3.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.9
Violet-type : 8.6 8.5 5.2 2.0 3.2
White : 52.2 66.5 10.9 16.9 22.5
Misc. & Unclassified : 1.7 1.7 1.6 0.4 0.3
:
US : 2,812.5 2,666.1 675.7 664.9 630.2
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Mink: Farms, Pelts Produced, Price, and Value,
United States, 1982-00
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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
:
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 : 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 2/ : 398 2,813 33.70 94.8
2000 3/ : 351 2,666 34.00 90.6
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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 are preliminary.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 1999
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: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 39,000 38,800 27,800 31,700 76,700
IL : 42,700
IA : 76,300 9,000 15,900 9,000
MI : 16,500 2,000 2,300 23,500
MN : 43,300 60,400 5,900 2,500 1,800 37,300 107,600
NY :
OH : 31,000 3,300 20,300
OR : 89,000 14,000 147,000
PA : 13,200 26,100
SD : 12,700 2,000 46,500
UT : 284,000 11,000 58,000 32,000 23,000 211,000
WA : 45,000 67,900
WI : 341,300 10,200 35,400 99,900 187,700
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 59,200 61,400 29,700 23,800 1,200 2,900 10,100 36,700
:
US :1,067,300 171,600 106,300 40,500 1,200 141,700 458,900 719,000
:
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : :Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: ---------------------- Number of Pelts --------------------- Number
:
ID : 228,500 27
IL : 49,300 8
IA : 128,100 16
MI : 51,000 12
MN : 262,700 40
NY : 5,900 8
OH : 59,100 9
OR : 270,000 30
PA : 74,000 11
SD : 12,000 99,700 5
UT : 650,000 110
WA : 129,200 18
WI : 30,800 731,700 82
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 20,300 7,900 3,300 8,600 21,400 1,700 73,300 22
:
US : 32,300 7,900 3,300 8,600 52,200 1,700 2,812,500 398
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or
others.
2/ "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.
Mink: Pelts Produced by Color Class and Number of Farms,
Major States and United States, 2000
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: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number of Pelts
:
ID : 43,600 21,000 26,700 21,500 92,500
IL : 37,000 3,300
IA : 80,600 16,000 6,700 13,300
MI :
MN : 42,900 46,300 1,500 34,800 136,700
NY :
OH : 27,800 6,700 19,900
OR : 80,000 17,000 151,000
PA : 10,600 22,200
SD :
UT : 221,000 51,000 20,000 34,000 220,000
WA : 37,300 57,400
WI : 316,000 2,200 14,500 32,100 122,600 137,000
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 65,100 69,600 42,400 29,800 7,500 4,700 11,300 85,200
:
US : 951,300 136,900 95,600 45,800 7,500 133,800 461,500 707,900
:
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : :Misc. & : : Number
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total : of
: : Hope : : Type : : ified : Pelts : Farms
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: ---------------------- Number of Pelts ---------------------- Number
:
ID : 222,400 26
IL : 4,000 45,600 7
IA : 136,800 17
MI : 42,500 11
MN : 284,800 37
NY : 6,200 7
OH : 58,500 10
OR : 268,000 27
PA : 68,100 10
SD : 91,000 5
UT : 590,000 90
WA : 112,700 16
WI : 38,500 680,100 70
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 43,900 4,500 700 8,500 24,000 1,700 59,400 18
:
US : 43,900 4,500 700 8,500 66,500 1,700 2,666,100 351
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or
others.
2/ "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.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class,
Major States and United States, 2000
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: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 10,300 5,000 6,900 5,500 21,700
IL : 10,600
IA : 23,400 5,200 3,500
MI : 4,300 400 800 3,900
MN : 11,000 11,800 600 500 9,100 27,700
NY :
OH : 8,500 1,300 1,800 6,200
OR : 17,700 3,900 31,500
PA : 4,000 5,300
SD : 3,100 8,600
UT : 67,900 12,900 5,700 12,600 51,100
WA : 9,000 14,900
WI : 78,600 200 3,700 7,800 25,700 30,100
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 15,800 13,900 8,500 7,800 700 2,000 3,200 6,000
:
US :257,100 32,000 24,700 12,500 700 33,400 113,000 158,800
:
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : :Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: --------------------------- Number --------------------------
:
ID : 54,000
IL : 12,800
IA : 37,800
MI : 11,000
MN : 62,900
NY : 2,000
OH : 18,100
OR : 57,000
PA : 18,300
SD : 21,800
UT : 163,000
WA : 26,600
WI : 10,200 162,500
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 11,400 1,500 500 2,000 6,700 400 17,100
:
US : 11,400 1,500 500 2,000 16,900 400 664,900
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or
others.
2/ "Other States" include some females from the above listed States which
were not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published
color classes may not add to the State total.
Female Mink Bred to Produce Kits: Number by Color Class,
Major States and United States, 2001
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: Stan- : Ranch : Demi- : Pas- : Pale : Sap- : Gun : Mahog-
States: dard : Wild :Buff 1/ : tel : Brown : phire : Metal : any
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: Number
:
ID : 9,700 4,100 6,500 6,600 14,000
IL : 10,700
IA : 25,100 4,100 3,000 2,300
MI :
MN : 11,400 5,900 300 600 12,300 26,800
NY :
OH : 9,300 2,400 6,300
OR : 18,000 4,600 31,000
PA : 3,100 5,400
SD :
UT : 59,200 12,300 5,600 8,500 46,800
WA : 9,600 2,800 12,700
WI : 77,400 3,200 7,100 27,900 25,000
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 18,400 9,900 5,400 7,800 2,500 1,100 3,600 18,700
:
US :248,800 22,700 17,700 11,300 2,500 35,100 111,000 139,900
:
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : :Misc. & :
: Pearl :Lavender: Pink : Violet : White :Unclass-: Total
: : Hope : : Type : : ified :
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
: --------------------------- Number --------------------------
:
ID : 42,900
IL : 12,900
IA : 40,200
MI : 9,600
MN : 62,300
NY : 2,000
OH : 19,500
OR : 57,000
PA : 18,500
SD : 17,500
UT : 145,000
WA : 25,100
WI : 1,500 13,700 161,000
:
Oth :
Sts 2/: 12,800 1,500 900 1,700 8,800 300 16,700
:
US : 12,800 1,500 900 3,200 22,500 300 630,200
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1/ Demi-buff includes crossed of dark brown, violet, pastel, standard, pearl or
others.
2/ "Other States" include some females from the above listed States which
were not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. Published
color classes may not add to the State total.
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 virtually all 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.
The next "Mink" report will be released July 2002.
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