Wholesale turkey prices are soaring this year, as bird flu outbreaks and resulting supply shortages threaten to raise the price of Americans' Thanksgiving meals. According to a September outlook report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the wholesale price for frozen whole hen turkeys will average 131.5 cents per pound for 2025"157 and 155 cents, respectively, in the third and fourth quarters. This marks a 40 percent increase over last year's annual price of 93.7 cents. In the University of Michigan's latest consumer sentiment survey, released on Friday, the main index fell for the third consecutive month in October, and has now dropped 24 percent year-over-year. Americans' view of current economic conditions has fallen nearly 10 percent over the same period, while the expectations index has slipped 32 percent since last October.