Turkey Prices for Thanksgiving

[Bird]

I was in the Denton Walmart this morning and noticed that they had Riverside brand whole "young turkeys" for $.40 a pound; liimit of 2 per customer. I wasn't sure we had enough room in the freezer, so I waited until I got home and found we did have room for them. So I went to the Hickory Creek Walmart since it was closer. They had the same thing except theirs were all in the 18-24 pound size. If I were going to cook it in the oven, that would be OK, but for frying, I prefer 12-13 pound sizes. So I went back to Denton and got two just under 13 pounds each; total price $10.15 for the two.

I may be wrong, but I don't remember seeing them that cheap for quite some time.

[scott_vt]

Originally Posted by Bird

So I went back to Denton and got two just under 13 pounds each; total price $10.15 for the two.

I may be wrong, but I don't remember seeing them that cheap for quite some time.

Good Evenin Bird,
Wow that is cheap !

26 lbs of turkey for $10.15, I would say thats a steal !

Im sure I will hear from Kathleen what the going price around here is shortly !

Enjoy, the deep fryer sounds like a great idea !

[ultrarunner]

At those prices it's hardly worth the effort to get one of the wild ones that come through the yard every afternoon... they are some fine looking birds...

[archerm3]

Turkey prices way down, hence the reason they closed the turkey processing plant in my town. Lock stock and barrel sold out, after being closed for about a year. Between my uncle and cousin, we have 4 chest freezers full of turkeys bought for pennies on the dollar.

I wouldn't be surprised to see prices rising again after thanksgiving or later. Many turkey growers shutting down around here upper midwest, my uncle drove the turkeys to the plant from about a 5 state area, now his boss is scrambing trying to find other loads to haul, mostly corn repositioning. Decades of turkey hauling had come to a screeching halt. I don't understand it, it seems that turkey burger has been more prominent in the grocery stores, I would have thought that turkey demand would be outpacing supply, don't know where the extra supply came from.

From what I hear on the news, pork producers are shutting down at an incredibly fast rate here as well.

I remember the time about ten years ago when living in colorado springs where a grocery store had turkeys marked at a dollar a pound, only their computer system was set up wrong and actually charged a dollar per turkey.

[Bird]

Many turkey growers shutting down around here upper midwest

I don't understand it either. I don't know how well the turkey burgers, turkey sausage, etc. sell, but personally I tried them but don't care for them. And we normally only buy whole turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas because it's too much meat for just the 2 of us.

However, we do sometimes buy the 3 pound boneless "turkey roasts"; kind of expensive, but very tasty when they come from our smoker.

[LBrown59]

Originally Posted by scott_vt

Good Evenin Bird,
*Wow that is cheap !

26 lbs of turkey for $10.15, I would say thats a steal !

Im sure I will hear from Kathleen what the going price around here is shortly !

Enjoy, the deep fryer sounds like a great idea !

*Yeah : Now Birds talkin Turkey .

Just couldn't resist

[randy41]

I got a range raised turkey from a local producer for $2.45/lb. picked it up the day it was slaughtered and processed and stuck it in the freezer. about 14 lbs.

[Bird]

Originally Posted by randy41

I got a range raised turkey from a local producer for $2.45/lb. picked it up the day it was slaughtered and processed and stuck it in the freezer. about 14 lbs.

I didn't know they were that expensive anywhere. Unless of course they were already smoked and ready to eat.

[Western]

They always "just show" up brown and tasty on Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house.

I guess when the price gets to high, a chicken will show up and then I'll have to do some investigating.

[coffeeman]

Originally Posted by Western

They always "just show" up brown and tasty on Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house.
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Sounds like another turkey story to me. Hummm... Maybe I'm thinking of "fish" story???

Coffeeman