Turkey meat production in the first half of 2025 was 2.33 billion pounds, down 9.7 percent from the same period in 2024.
Production Statistics
Value of turkey production:
- 2019: $4.31 billion
- 2020: $5.19 billion
- 2021: $5.91 billion
- 2022: $7.12 billion
- 2023: $6.57 billion
- 2024: $3.69 billion
Data are reported annually in the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Poultry-Production and Value report.
U.S. turkey meat production (ready-to-cook weight):
- 2019: 5.82 billion pounds
- 2020: 5.74 billion pounds
- 2021: 5.56 billion pounds
- 2022: 5.22 billion pounds
- 2023: 5.46 billion pounds
- 2024: 5.12 billion pounds
- 2025 projection: 4.796 billion pounds
(WASDE projection as of July 2025, see the Latest Report or WASDE at a Glance visualization)
Data are reported on the Livestock and Meat Domestic Data web page. Forecasts are reported in the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
State turkey production, 2024:
Top eight states:
- Minnesota – 32.0 million birds
- North Carolina – 27.0 million birds
- Arkansas – 25.0 million birds
- Indiana – 20.0 million birds
- Missouri – 15.5 million birds
- Virginia – 15.3 million birds
- Iowa – 10.9 million birds
- Pennsylvania – 7.7 million birds
U.S. total turkey production: 200 million birds
Data are reported in the NASS Poultry-Production and Value report.
Consumption Statistics
U.S. domestic use of turkey (disappearance):
- 2019: 5.26 billion pounds
- 2020: 5.20 billion pounds
- 2021: 5.09 billion pounds
- 2022: 4.88 billion pounds
- 2023: 4.95 billion pounds
- 2024: 4.69 billion pounds
- 2025 projection: 4.45 billion pounds
(WASDE projection as of July 2025, see the latest report or WASDE at a Glance visualization)
Recent data and projections are reported in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, and historical data are available on the Livestock and Meat Domestic Data web page.
U.S. turkey disappearance per capita:
- 2019: 15.9 pounds
- 2020: 15.7 pounds
- 2021: 15.3 pounds
- 2022: 14.6 pounds
- 2023: 14.7 pounds
- 2024: 13.8 pounds
- 2025 projection: 13.0 pounds
(WASDE projection as of July 2025, see the latest report or WASDE at a Glance visualization)
Recent data and projections are reported in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, and historical data are available on the Livestock and Meat Domestic Data web page.
Trade Statistics
U.S. turkey meat exports:
- 2019: 639 million pounds
- 2020: 571 million pounds
- 2021: 548 million pounds
- 2022: 407 million pounds
- 2023: 490 million pounds
- 2024: 486 million pounds
- 2025 projection: 405 million pounds
(WASDE projection as of July 2025, see the latest report or WASDE at a Glance visualization)
Recent data and projections are reported in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, and historical data are available on the Livestock and Meat International Trade Data web page.
Price Statistics
Wholesale prices* for frozen whole turkey hens:
- 2019 average: $0.89 per pound
- 2020 average: $1.07 per pound
- 2021 average: $1.23 per pound
- 2022 average: $1.55 per pound
- 2023 average: $1.40 per pound
- 2024 average: $0.94 per pound
- 2025 projected average: $1.19 per pound
(WASDE projection as of July 2025, see the latest report or WASDE at a Glance Visualization)
Recent data and projections are reported in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, and historical data are available on the Livestock and Meat Domestic Data web page.
*Wholesale prices are paid for quantities sold in bulk. These products are usually for resale and lower than prices paid by consumers at retail outlets.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) data is available from Animal and Plant Health inspection Service.