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DES MOINES, IA               Thu., Oct. 01, 2020          USDA Market News
                               
TURKEY: Daily National Turkey Market-At-A-Glance.

DOMESTIC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

The market on fresh 8-16 lb. hens and 16-24 lb. toms is steady to firm. The market on 
frozen 8-16 lb. hens is firm, frozen 16-24 lb. toms is steady to firm. November fresh 
demand is moderate to good. Frozen 8-16 lb. hens demand moderate to good. Frozen 16-
24 lb. tom demand mostly light. Fresh offerings are light to moderate. Frozen 
offerings of Grade A 8-16 lb. hens are nil to very light and 16-24 lb. toms light at 
best. Resale offerings light. Frozen 2020 Grade A basted equivalent processor 
offering prices on a national basis for 8-16 lb. hens are 112.00-119.00 cents FOB and 
16-24 lb. toms 112.00-117.00 cents FOB for current deliveries. No trading reported.

The fresh tom breast meat market is steady with spot unsettledness noted, balance of 
white meat and white trim markets are mostly steady while frozen is steady to weak. 
Fresh demand light to mostly moderate. Offerings moderate. Frozen demand light. 
Offerings moderate to heavy. The 4-8 lb. breast market is firm. Demand light to 
moderate. Offerings nil to very light. The market on 8-10 lb. breasts is steady to 
firm, balance of institutional sized breasts steady. Demand light to moderate on 8-10 
lb. sizes, balance light. Offerings of 8-10 lb. breasts nil to light, heavier sized 
product light to moderate.  The market on tom necks is generally steady, tom wings 
and tom drums steady to firm. Demand light to moderate. Offerings light at best. The 
hen bulk parts market is generally steady. Demand light to moderate. Offerings light 
at best. The thigh meat market is steady to firm. Demand moderate to good. Offerings 
very light to light. The mechanically separated turkey(MST) market is steady to firm. 
Demand moderate to good. Offerings light. The market on tails livers and gizzards is 
steady to firm. Demand moderate to good for the limited offerings. Trading slow to 
moderate centering on fresh MST. 


EXPORT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

Trading slow with activity reported on tom necks and fresh tom drums. The market on 
thigh meat, tom drums, tails and defatted gizzards is steady to firm. The frozen 
white meats and scapula markets are steady to weak, balance of items generally 
steady. Demand and offerings light to moderate.

Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News
        Des Moines, IA     515.284.4460 desm.lpgmn@usda.gov
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain 

Prepared: 1-Oct-20 01:55 C GM