USDA "Prime" marbling?

Had a prime ribeye from Calandro's last night and it was one of the prettiest steaks I've ever bought. I get meat at Sam's sometimes but have never seen anything purported to be prime there. But I wasn't looking for it.

Prime at $10/lb?

You talking about like a whole roast or a single ribeye type of thing?

RL Swift 1855 black angus, high end choice, has better flavor than prime IMO, not sure what retailer carries it. We get it at the restaurant through Halperns, a meat purveyor out of Atlanta.

It pricier than your standard choice but the extra dollar or two per pound is worth it.

To me marbling is a great quality to have in a cut of meat but fat content doesn't equal flavor.

I've even seen out labeled USDA Prime without the shield and that is not correct. Only 2 or so percent of beef is labeled USDA prime and given the shield. Mostly you steers is where the majority comes from.

I used to sit at the stockyards as a kid with my grandfather watching him buy and sell. He would say "too old. No prime." which was funny because they never ate steaks so he couldn't tell one way or another, but this was a long time ago and I didnt know what prime was and probably most people didn't either.

He would say, since he raised cattle in Concordia and Catahoula parishes, " been real dry in West Texas. Let's go buy some cows." that was his price barometer when they had to sell and prices went down.