On June 30th, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced purchase of 78 tons of IQF boneless breasts for child nutrition and related food assistance programs. Product was purchased at $5.29 per pound with deliveries to be made from July 1st through September 30th.
On July 8th, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced purchase of 1,962 tons of oven-roasted chicken products for child nutrition and related food assistance programs. Product was purchased over a range of $4.77 to $4.95 per pound with deliveries to be made from August 16th 2022 through April 15th 2023.
The two purchases amounted to $19.9 million. Bids were not submitted for 600 tons of cut-up frozen and 342 tons of frozen oven-roasted 8-pice chicken products