The price of a Thanksgiving turkey is certainly not what it used to be.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of what the government calls “other uncooked poultry including turkey” in the United States has gone up 23 percent from October 2020 — the last Thanksgiving season of President-elect Donald Trump’s first term — to October 2024, about four years into the Biden-Harris administration.
This coincides with the reality that most Americans, 67 percent, expect a turkey to be at their Thanksgiving table.
Americans may feel slightly less sticker shock when they buy ham, which has risen 18 percent since October 2020, per Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.