Turkey "sale" prices

[sinopa27]

I missed the flier for Shaws this week - looked up turkey 'sale' price online and was alarmed, so I blearily (not a word, but it WAS early) piled myself into the car to take advantage of .49 cent a pound whole turkey. Butterball was 1.39 a pound. I got a Shaws brand 22 pounder for .49 a pound, and with a check/coupon from DH's work, they paid me just over 9.00 to take it - NICE! (did buy cream, butter, kisses, though - so no cash.)

Is it my faulty memory, or are these prices significantly higher than last year? I thought I remembered .29 or .39 cents a pound. . .

I remember the .29 or .39 cents a pound turkeys from last year! Your memory isn't faulty at all.

[ladytoysdream]

It's just a price game............

The only reason you can buy a cheap turkey is that the store is using them as a loss leader. Most stores you have to buy a minimum order of some kind to make sure the store is getting their money back on the turkey loss.

You are going to have to be realistic here. Grain prices continue to rise. Meat prices will continue to rise. Bigger jumps since last year. Cheap turkey prices are a thing of the past.

Just to raise our chicken replacements cost big time. I had people moaning $ 10 was too high for a 5 to 6 month old pullet, close to beginning laying. Well that did not cover their feed costs to get them to that age. Auction prices were $ 12 to $ 15 each laying hen this spring. I think next spring , prices are going to go higher. I did not sell any pullets this year due to people wanting bargains. I kept all mine, except for 2, I gave to the niece, and 15 roosters, I gave away to a friend who put them in her freezer. My hubby won't do them in anymore. I did put 4 in the freezer this summer because someone else did them in for me. I did about half the work to get them into the freezer.
I probably won't raise any birds next spring for my own flock. I did promise the niece to let one of my hens hatch some green eggs from her hen. She wants more birds to lay that color of eggs.

We have a relative who raises turkeys. She gets like $ 40 each per fresh bird. And she also cries over high grain prices. She had like 40 some chickens this summer. She just gave away quite a few so she only has like 14 left. She cannot afford to feed them, as she has no winter market for her eggs. Last fall she sold a lot of her mature pigs. She cried over that. Just could not afford to feed them all through the winter. They have a small farm that keeps them in the poor house.

I just did a search for turkey poult prices. Most chicks in a straight run are like $ 12 each. Best price is like $ 7 each. Then add the feed costs to get that bird to market weight. And add the cost of any birds that do not make it, to the cost of the birds that do. Add the cost of labor, and add the maintenance on the buildings. I'm glad I'm not a turkey farmer.

[Ponderer]

Mine was $0.26/lb at Winco when you spend $50.

I also did the Winco deal but I opted to go for the $0.58/lb on the butterball. That is the cheapest I have bought that brand in years! I think it was $0.29/lb for the other but I do not remember what brand it was.

I got a 15.77# bird for $9.15.

Edited to add....the deal for me was I was not going to buy a turkey. I was doing a planned grocery shopping so I did not have to buy anything extra or special to get it.

[imagine]

now a single turkey sale this year. The prices were high too. Everyone was joking about having chicken as it was cheaper.

[ladytoysdream]

I got a turkey breast the other day for Thanksgiving.
Then the hubby invited his family. I had to go to town today to get another breast. This one was $ 1.38 a pound. I have about 16 pounds total of turkey here now. Two gift certificates, and all I have in the meat is less than $ 1 total cost.

They had fresh turkey in the meat case. It was $ 1.78 a pound and the birds were in the low 20 pound range. The 3 , I looked at were like $ 37 - 38 each. More than I wanted to pay.

Before I want to town, I asked the hubby if I could pull 2 chickens from the freezer. He said no. I thought it was a good idea

[shoiji]

I ended up buying a rotisserie turkey breast on sale for $1.99 a pound. There is more than enough meat for three people and I do not need to worry about cooking it. Just put it in the freezer and will reheat it. Plan on making everything ahead of time and just reheating in the oven.

[brennasmom]

I got one @ Albies for .31 per pound with a $50 purchase and it had to be a 16# or larger turkey

Fred Meyer was .69 with a $50 purchase.

Prices do seem higher too me this year....

[Nana2two]

My local Aldis had butterball turkeys.It was a one day deal, guess they got way to many but it was .79 a pound. I bought one that was 11 pounds. for less then $10 bucks. Nothing else was bought.But its only 6 of us and 2 are little ones so we will have plenty. Now when i go grocery shopping next week if the other 2 store has them for .29 cents a pound with a $50 purchase then i will buy the largest they have and cook it up and freeze it.I have a lack forrest ham in the freezer for Christmas.

[many houseapes]

over the last few years, I haven't seen turkey for any lower than .99 a lb. This year, HEB let you have a riverside turkey for.74 a lb if you bought $10 in groceries.

[mndtrp]

I don't feel so bad about missing the sales, after reading these posts. The last time I bought turkey, a few years ago, I was able to buy as many as I wanted for .49/lb.

[tracergal007]

I got mine for .59 a pound with a $50 purchase. Our small ham was free; car dealership we got hubby's car from sent us a flyer to bring in and we would get a ham. So, we had a $7 turkey and a free 5 pound ham. Not too shabby at all!

[HappyMama]

It's just a price game............

The only reason you can buy a cheap turkey is that the store is using them as a loss leader. Most stores you have to buy a minimum order of some kind to make sure the store is getting their money back on the turkey loss.

You are going to have to be realistic here. Grain prices continue to rise. Meat prices will continue to rise. Bigger jumps since last year. Cheap turkey prices are a thing of the past.

Just to raise our chicken replacements cost big time. I had people moaning $ 10 was too high for a 5 to 6 month old pullet, close to beginning laying. Well that did not cover their feed costs to get them to that age. Auction prices were $ 12 to $ 15 each laying hen this spring. I think next spring , prices are going to go higher. I did not sell any pullets this year due to people wanting bargains. I kept all mine, except for 2, I gave to the niece, and 15 roosters, I gave away to a friend who put them in her freezer. My hubby won't do them in anymore. I did put 4 in the freezer this summer because someone else did them in for me. I did about half the work to get them into the freezer.
I probably won't raise any birds next spring for my own flock. I did promise the niece to let one of my hens hatch some green eggs from her hen. She wants more birds to lay that color of eggs.

We have a relative who raises turkeys. She gets like $ 40 each per fresh bird. And she also cries over high grain prices. She had like 40 some chickens this summer. She just gave away quite a few so she only has like 14 left. She cannot afford to feed them, as she has no winter market for her eggs. Last fall she sold a lot of her mature pigs. She cried over that. Just could not afford to feed them all through the winter. They have a small farm that keeps them in the poor house.

I just did a search for turkey poult prices. Most chicks in a straight run are like $ 12 each. Best price is like $ 7 each. Then add the feed costs to get that bird to market weight. And add the cost of any birds that do not make it, to the cost of the birds that do. Add the cost of labor, and add the maintenance on the buildings. I'm glad I'm not a turkey farmer.

I agree, prices of grain are rising. God bless the farmers and us all as prices continue to rise.

I get mine straight from the farmer, can't have the additives and it was organic , free range and bless his heart got a 24 pound bird for 28.00 which I thought was a great deal considering my needs. So wish I could get a loss leader one.

[bookwormpeg]

At T'giving HEB had turkeys .29 a lb. with $20 purchase. I do not buy name brand (butterball etc.). ...have you ever heard of the Butterball farm??? Course not...they all come from same farm and they just slap name brands on some and others get the generic brand....