USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on November 19 purchased chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2013.

Deliveries will be made from January  1 through January 31.

Product Pounds Award Prices Total Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled 20,700,000 $0.7844-0.9315 $16,393,312.80
Chicken Oven Roasted 1,728,000 $2.3737-2.5369 $4,184,452.80
Chicken Small Chilled 1,728,000 $0.9649-0.9689 $1,669,651.20
Chicken Legs Chilled 1,512,000 $0.6545-0.7375 $1,071,288.00
Chicken Cut-up Frozen 1,160,000 $0.9865-1.0624 $1,176,392.00
TOTAL 26,828,000 $24,495,096.80

In addition, AMS purchased canned boned poultry on November 29 for distribution to federal food nutrition assistance programs for fiscal year 2013.    A total of 3,840,000 pounds valued at $6,863,980.80 was purchased.  The price range awarded was $1.7671 to $1.8674.