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DES MOINES, IA               Thu., Jan. 23, 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.  Demand 
light to good, mostly moderate.  Frozen processor offerings of Grade A 8-16 lb. hens 
and 16-24 lb. tom light to moderate.  Frozen 2019 Grade A basted equivalent processor 
offering prices on a national basis for 8-16 lb. hens are 91.00-100.00 cents FOB and 
16-24 lb. toms 91.00-100.00 cents FOB for current deliveries.  No trading reported.   

The market on scapula is steady to firm, balance of white meat white trims steady to 
weak.  Demand light to moderate with scapula instances good.  Offerings light to 
moderately heavy, mostly light to moderate.  The market on Grade A and plant grade 4-
8 lb. breasts generally steady with mixed undertones.  The market on institutional 
sized bone-in breasts is steady.  Demand light to moderate, mostly light.  Offerings 
of light to moderate.  The market on tom 2-joint wings steady, balance of tom bulk 
parts steady to instances weak.  The hen bulk parts market is steady to firm, mostly 
steady.  Demand light to moderate, instances good with tom 2-joint wings the most 
active.  Offerings mostly light to moderate.  The thigh meat market is steady to 
barely steady.  Demand light.  Offerings light to moderate.  The mechanically 
separated turkey market is mostly steady.  Demand light to moderate.  Offerings 
mostly moderate.  Trading slow to moderate. 


EXPORT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

Trading moderate on tom 2-joint wings.  Demand light to moderate.  Offerings light to 
moderate, instances moderately heavy.

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: 23-Jan-20 02:43 C GM