Your family’s Thanksgiving centerpiece may cost you a bit more this year.

A September outlook report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that wholesale frozen turkey prices will be $1.32 per pound this year, a 40% increase from 2024’s average price of 94 cents per pound.

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Keep in mind, too, that wholesale price is what retailers pay to buy turkeys in bulk, then retailers decide how much to charge customers.

According to the report, the price spike is due to a rash of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in late 2024 and early 2025 that depleted flocks and led to egg shortages. Eight outbreaks in North and South Dakota affected over 400,000 birds.

This year, the number of turkeys rai

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