USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on March 15 purchased chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2012. Deliveries will be made from April 16 to May 15.

The complete purchase reports can be found on www.ams.usda.gov/commoditypurchasing.

Product Pounds Award Prices Total Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled 1,080,000 $0.7100-$0.7100 $766,800,000
Chicken Legs Chilled 1,008,000 $0.7755-$0.7855 $786,384,000
Chicken Small Chilled 900,000 $0.8450-$0.8450 $760,500.00
Chicken Oven Roasted
468,000 $2.3265-$2.4160 1,116,198.00
TOTAL 3,456,000 $3,429,882