Turkey prices: questions and answers
Turkey: median wholesale price 2.94 EUR/kg across 15 markets in 4 countries, quotes to 9 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of turkey today?
The median wholesale price of turkey was 2.94 EUR/kg across 36 current quotes on 15 markets in 4 countries (latest quote 9 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 2.12 and 3.94 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of turkey?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Live birds | 12 | 2.02 EUR/kg |
| Type not stated | 11 | 2.55 EUR/kg |
| Breasts | 7 | 9.55 EUR/kg |
| Gutted | 6 | 3.86 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
What is the price of turkey in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 8 | 1.96 EUR/kg | 3.06 CAD/kg |
| Italy | 5 | 3.88 EUR/kg | — |
| Poland | 1 | 2.31 EUR/kg | 10.2 PLN/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting turkey; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of turkey going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 11 of 26 quotes for turkey rose, 5 fell and 10 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish turkey prices?
15 markets in 4 countries have current turkey quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Treviso Commodity Exchange Italy · 10 quotes
- Ministry of Agriculture of Poland (ZSRIR) national prices Poland · 8 quotes
- Milan Wholesale Market Italy · 3 quotes
- Florence Wholesale Market Italy · 3 quotes
- Borsa Merci di Verona (Verona Commodity Exchange) Italy · 3 quotes
- Verona Wholesale Market Italy · 1 quote
- Nakasero Market Uganda · 1 quote
- Statistics Canada farm product prices, Alberta Canada · 1 quote
Why are there so many different turkey prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 26 different turkey quote names, for example: Live poultry (producer level) / Male turkeys / Heavy / female; Turkeys, live weight; Turkey breasts n.s. duty-free market; Turkey breasts n.s. duty-free market; Turkeys, live; Turkey breasts n.s. duty-free market.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Which country produces the most turkey?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of turkey meat was 5.1 million t in 2024. The largest producer was United States with 45.5% of the world total, followed by Germany and Poland.
Where do these turkey prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are turkey prices updated?
The latest turkey quote is from 9 November 2026; 1 of 15 markets published turkey prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download turkey prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for turkey prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.