NW_PY044 DES MOINES, IA Tue., Jul. 14, 2020 USDA Market News TURKEY: Daily National Turkey Market-At-A-Glance. DOMESTIC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS The market on frozen 8-16 lb. hens and 16-24 lb. toms is steady to firm with hens strongest. Demand light to moderate, best on hens. Frozen processor offerings of Grade A 8-16 lb. hens and 16-24 lb. toms range from light to instances moderate with 8-12 lb. hens held with the most confidence. Frozen 2020 Grade A basted equivalent processor offering prices on a national basis for 8-16 lb. hens are 105.00-113.00 cents FOB and 16-24 lb. toms 105.00-113.00 cents FOB for current deliveries. Trading slow on frozen basted equivalent 8-16 lb. hens at 109 cents FOB current. The market on fresh tom breast meat is steady to firm, mostly steady with the balance of fresh white meat and white trims steady. The market on frozen white meat and white trims is steady with steady to weak undertones. Fresh demand fair to good, balance of fresh and frozen white meat and white trims light to moderate with frozen items slowest. Fresh offerings light to moderate. Frozen offerings mixed, mostly moderate to moderately heavy. The market on 4-8 lb. breasts is steady to firm. Demand light to moderate. Offerings light at best. The market on institutional sized bone-in breasts is steady. Demand light. Offerings light to moderate. The market on tom drums is mixed, mostly steady to barely steady. The tom full-cut wings market is steady to weak, tom 2-joints wings steady and tom necks steady to barely steady. The market on tails and hen parts market is at least steady. Demand light to moderate. Offerings of tom 2-joint wings and tails light to moderate. Tom drum and full-cut wing offerings moderate to moderately heavy, tom necks moderate. Hen bulk parts offerings light at best. The thigh meat market is at least steady. Demand light to moderate. Offerings light. The fresh mechanically separated turkey (MST) market is steady and frozen steady to firm. Demand is moderate to good. Offerings light to moderate. Trading slow to moderate. EXPORT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Trading slow. The MST and tails market is steady to firm, tom drums mixed with strength noted into some destinations and weakness into others, balance of items generally steady. Demand light to good, mostly light to moderate. Offerings mixed, mostly 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: 14-Jul-20 01:23 C GM