USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on August 30 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 November 1 through November 30.

Product Pounds Award Prices Total Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled 13,068,000 $0.7619-0.8429 $10,133,197
Chicken Legs Chilled 1,728,000 $0.6745-0.7555 $1,239,768
Chicken Cut-up Frozen 1,120,000 $0.9707-1.0792 $1,117,584
Chicken Small Chilled 900,000 $0.9419-0.9419 $847,710
Chicken Oven Roasted 864,000 $2.2990-2.3897 $2,034,878
TOTAL 17,680,000 $15,373,138