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DES MOINES, IA               Thu., Dec. 06, 2018          USDA Market News
                               
TURKEY: Daily National Turkey Market-At-A-Glance.

DOMESTIC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

The market on frozen 8-16 lb. hens is mostly steady.  The market on frozen 16-24lb. 
toms is mostly steady to barely steady.  Demand light.  Processor offerings of frozen 
Grade A 8-16 lb. hens range light to moderate.  Frozen 16-24 lb. tom offerings from 
2018 production light to mostly moderate.  Frozen Grade A basted equivalent processor 
offering prices on a national basis from 2018 production for 8-16 lb. hens are 74.00-
92.00 cents FOB and 16-24 lb. toms 65.00-84.00 cents FOB for current deliveries.   No 
domestic trading reported.     

The market on fresh tom breast meat is steady with a steady to weak undertone, 
scapula steady to instances weak with frozen weakest, balance of white meats and 
white trims steady at best.  Demand and offerings light to moderate.  The 
institutional sized bone-in breasts market is steady with mixed undertones.  Demand 
and offerings light to moderate.  The market on frozen tom bulk parts is mostly 
steady.  Demand and offerings light to moderate.  The market on fresh thigh meat is 
steady while frozen is steady to weak.  Demand light to moderate.  Thigh meat 
offerings light to moderate with frozen the most available.  The mechanically 
separated turkey market (MST) is steady to weak, mostly steady to barely steady.  
Demand light to moderate.  Offerings mostly moderate.  Trading slow.  


EXPORT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

Trading slow.  The market on frozen tom bulk parts is generally steady.  Demand and 
offerings light to moderate.

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

Prepared: 6-Dec-18 01:44 C GM