NW_PY029                                                                        
Des Moines, IA          Tue. Dec 11, 2018          USDA Market News             
                                                                                
Daily National Young Turkey Parts                                               
                                                                                

INCLUDING BULK MEAT and FROZEN (UNLESS SPECIFIED),                              
CENTS PER LB., DELIVERED FIRST RECEIVERS, PART AND FULL TRUCKLOTS               
AS OF 11 DECEMBER 2018.                                                         
                                                                                
The market on bulk parts is steady. Demand and offerings light to moderate.     
Fresh tom breast meat market steady to weak, balance of white meat and          
white trims a mixed steady. Demand light. Offerings light to moderate.          
Fresh thigh meat market is steady to barely steady and frozen is steady to      
weak.  Demand and offerings light to moderate. The market on mechanically       
separated turkey (MST) is steady to barely steady.  Demand and offerings        
light to moderate.  Trading slow. For domestic: frozen tails 64 cents,          
frozen defatted gizzards 63 cents, breeder hen drums 60 cents, breeder hen      
3- joint wings 50 cents and breeder hen necks 34 cents delivered. For           
export: frozen tom necks 41 cents and frozen scapula 126 cents delivered to     
port.                                                                           
                                                                                

DOMESTIC TRADING                         PRICE    L.S.T.  WTD AVG   VOLUME      
                                         RANGE    CODE 1/   PRICE   (000)       
                                                                                
BREASTS, 4-8 LBS GRADE A 2/                                                     
BREASTS, 4-8 LBS GRADE A--FRESH 2/                   R     169.43       14      
BREASTS, 4-8 LBS PLANT GRADE 2/                                                 
DRUMSTICKS, TOM                       71.00-72.00           71.50      160      
DRUMSTICKS, TOM--FRESH                               F      70.00      200      
DRUMSTICKS, HEN                             67.00           67.00        7      
WINGS, FULL-CUT, TOM                        53.00           53.00      160      
WINGS, FULL-CUT, HEN                  52.00-58.00           55.64       47      
WINGS, V-TYPE, TOM                          65.00           65.00       40      
WINGS, V-TYPE, HEN                         180.00          180.00        5      
NECKS, TOM                            38.00-40.00           39.30      171      
NECKS, HEN                                  30.00           30.00       48      
BREASTS, B/S, TOM 3/                                 R     191.00       40      
BREASTS, B/S, TOM--FRESH 3/                          M     203.14      280      
THIGH MEAT                                 114.00          114.00        8      
THIGH MEAT--FRESH                                    M     129.32      124      
BREAST TRIM MEAT                                                                
SCAPULA MEAT                                                                    
WING MEAT WITH SKIN                                                             
TENDERLOINS                                                                     
DESTRAPPED TENDERS                                                              
DESTRAPPED TENDERS--FRESH                            F     179.00       40      
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED 4/                            T      22.00       50      
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED--FRESH 4/                     M      23.33      360      

EXPORT TRADING                                                                  
                                                                                
DRUMSTICKS, TOMS                                                                
WINGS FULL-CUT - TOMS                 50.00-54.00           51.64      560      
WINGS, V-TYPE, TOM                                                              
TAILS                                                F      62.50       40      
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED 4/                                                       
THIGH MEAT - FROZEN                                  M     113.67      120      

1/ CODES FOR LAST SIGNIFICANT TRADE (L.S.T.):                                   
   M=MONDAY  T=TUESDAY  W=WEDNESDAY  R=THURSDAY  F=FRIDAY                       
2/ Breasts are bagged; rib, back, and wing meat included; and basted.           
3/ Boneless and skinless without tenderloins.  4/ 15-20% fat with skin added.   
                                                                                

Source:   USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News                        
          Des Moines, IA    515-284-4460  email: DESM.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov        
          http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_PY029.txt                        
                                                                                
Prepared: 11-Dec-18 01:23 PM E CW