re: Why is steak so outrageously expensive?

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Buy an entire calf. Found a farmer years ago.

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That's the catch. Everyone I've talked to trying to do that same is told that there's a 2-3 year waitlist.

I guess this problem has eased up some, but for a while, even if you paid for the cow directly. It was a 6-12 month wait for slaughtering.

If your farmer is butchering the cow himself, I'd keep that to yourself. Don't want the USDA coming after him for selling unlicensed, uninspected products.