How much should I hope to get out of my turkeys?

[GarrettW]

I have 3 BB Bronze turkeys, a tom and 2 hens. They are all 2 years old. I'm taking them to an auction to sell them tomorrow. How much money do you think they should go for?

 

[jmurno]

2 years old! Good lord how heavy are they!?
I would estimate like this: live weight x .66 x going price per pound for turkey - estimated butchering cost.
For example if the bird is 30 pounds then: 30 x .66 = 20. 20 x 3.5 = 70. 70 - 8 = $62. But it is an auction, so depends on what people are willing to pay.

 

[GarrettW]

2 years old! Good lord how heavy are they!?
I would estimate like this: live weight x .66 x going price per pound for turkey - estimated butchering cost.
For example if the bird is 30 pounds then: 30 x .66 = 20. 20 x 3.5 = 70. 70 - 8 = $62. But it is an auction, so depends on what people are willing to pay.

I don't know what they weighed but they were pretty heavy, and I had them on a strict diet.

I ended up getting $27.50 for the tom and the hens brought $22.50 a piece.

 

[jmurno]

You didn't want to butcher and freeze them?

 

[GarrettW]

You didn't want to butcher and freeze them?

No, they were pets, so I didn't want to butcher them.