[I thought turkey is cheaper than chicken? What about mutton?]
Most places, my impression is that it’s a push, on a per pound basis, when you’re talking a whole bird. But as parts go, leg quarters are definitely cheaper than turkey drumsticks, thighs or wings. The difference, I’m told, has to do with chicken paws, which are exported to the Orient, where they’re sold at a premium. In essence, what was once trash is now subsidizing our consumption of leg quarters. Which is why leg quarters here are cheaper than crickets in Thailand. Crickets here probably cost as much as shrimp. I expect that if people are gonna shell out shrimp prices, they’ll choose shrimp over crickets, with the exception of the climate change true believers.
https://reeis.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1010096-reducing-cost-improving-efficiency-and-productivity-of-farming-crickets-as-food-ingredients.html
[However, farming insects such as crickets has not had the benefit of advanced farming practices, technology and innovations that other animal derived commodities have had over the past 150+ years. Insect farming has remained entirely manual, much smaller scale and largely unchanged for at least 60+ years. Due largely to lack of mechanization and innovation, these inefficiencies result in high costs and unreliable supply. Frozen crickets cost $4-$10 per pound. Compared to other protein sources, this is high. Cricket powder is at $24 per pound. Cricket powder requires 4 pounds of crickets to produce 1 pound of powder). Thus, any cost reductions in cricket production will result in a 4 fold corresponding reduction in the cost of dried products/ingredients made from them. In order to become competitive in the market, frozen cricket prices must drop to $1 per pound. ]