# You Might Be Paying Too Much for Your Chicken - The New York Times

> The Georgia Dock chicken price was $1.10 a pound, down 5 percent over 18 months, while the Urner Barry index fell 33 percent to 72 cents. A new USDA chicken price compiled since October was 71 cents, nearly matching Urner Barry.

- Date: 2016-11-04 · published 2016-11-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73988-you-might-be-paying-too-much-for-your-chicken-the-new-york-times
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Multiple chicken price benchmarks are converging at lower levels, pointing to softer broiler values that feed buyers pricing poultry-based feed and protein.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- nytimes.com: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/business/maybe-paying-too-much-for-chicken.html

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