Chicken leg quarters wholesale price — $28.00 / case
quoted August 31, 2026
Chicken leg quarters are quoted at $28.00 / case in the week of August 31, 2026. That is the lowest wholesale quote we recorded that week from the single New York distributor we track — not a market average, and not an official terminal quotation. The quote covers one case. The supplier publishes no weight for it, so we never restate it per pound.
Price history
11 weekly quotes over 3M · lowest wholesale price observed, per case
Over the last 12 months
Over the last 47 weekly quotes, chicken leg quarters ranged from $28.00 to $36.00 per case, averaging $30.60. Today's $28.00 / case is the lowest we have quoted in 47 weeks. The quote is down 17.6% from a year ago, when it stood at $34.00. The sharpest week-over-week move in the series is 22.2%, in the week of February 9, 2026 ($36.00 to $28.00). Across our series, chicken leg quarters were cheapest in March (average $28.00) and dearest in September (average $34.00). That is one year of observation, not a seasonal rule.
- Low
- $28.00
- High
- $36.00
- Average
- $30.60
- Quotes
- 47
About Chicken leg quarters
The chilled chicken range is the standard foodservice set: whole birds sized by weight, boneless breast, leg quarters, jumbo party wings and ground chicken. Chicken is the one protein in this book whose parts trade independently of each other, because breast, wing and leg quarter each answer to their own demand. A wing market can run hard while leg quarters sit flat, and a quote on one part tells you nothing useful about the others.
Buying notes
Most items are quoted per pound, but leg quarters and ground chicken are invoiced by the case, so read the unit before comparing. Bulk descriptions such as a four-by-ten case tell you how the case is subdivided, which is what matters to a kitchen with a small walk-in and no reason to open forty pounds at once.
Frequently asked questions about Chicken leg quarters
How much do chicken leg quarters cost wholesale in New York?
Chicken leg quarters are quoted at $28.00 / case in the week of August 31, 2026, the lowest wholesale quote we recorded that week. The quote covers one case. The supplier publishes no weight for it, so we never restate it per pound.
Are chicken leg quarters expensive right now?
Against our own series, no reference price: over 47 weekly quotes chicken leg quarters ranged from $28.00 to $36.00, averaging $30.60. Today's $28.00 / case is at the bottom of that range. That compares this item to its own history, not to another supplier.
When are chicken leg quarters cheapest in New York?
In our series the monthly average was lowest in March ($28.00) and highest in September ($34.00). That is one year of weekly observation from one distributor, not a seasonal rule — a single cold season or a freight event can move a month.
How much has the price of chicken leg quarters moved this year?
Down 17.6% over twelve months, from $34.00 to $28.00 / case. The sharpest single week was 22.2%, in the week of February 9, 2026.
Are these the official Hunts Point prices?
No. $28.00 / case is the lowest of 47 weekly quotes we recorded from one distributor serving New York. The USDA publishes the official New York terminal market quotations; we link to them from our methodology page.