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re: Producers say beef prices are a bargain and cattle prices are not too high
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:37 pm to ragincajun03
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:37 pm to ragincajun03
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bone-in ribeye is $12.96/lb
Where can I find this? My local grocery stores it’s 23.00/lb
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Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:40 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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By the way, we eat a lot of catfish at $6.75/lb
Enjoy it while you can because come around March/April catfish is going through the roof. The industry may actually run completely out of fish. Too many farms have gone out of business combined with a terrible hatch last year that led to many operations not getting fully stocked this past spring
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:43 pm to ragincajun03
The ranchers are correct. Their cost of inputs have gone up roughly 50% since covid
Ranching land in the western part of the country has doubled in price in the last 5-6 years. Equipment cost is up about 40% over that same time frame. It sucks that beef prices have skyrocketed but so has everything else that it takes to get that beef to market.
The real joke here is the official inflation numbers we have received. True inflation is closer to 50% over the last 5 years than 20%
Ranching land in the western part of the country has doubled in price in the last 5-6 years. Equipment cost is up about 40% over that same time frame. It sucks that beef prices have skyrocketed but so has everything else that it takes to get that beef to market.
The real joke here is the official inflation numbers we have received. True inflation is closer to 50% over the last 5 years than 20%
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:46 pm to White Bear
4.79 at the local meat market
Miracles in meat since 1891
Miracles in meat since 1891
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:53 pm to LSUtoBOOT
If you are buying at the grocery store and not a butcher, it all comes in the baloney tube. Your butcher then dumps it in the machine to re-grind and shape for the styrofoam for presentation.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 3:57 pm to LSUtoBOOT
quote:thx. 80/20 chuck 6.99; 93/7 ground 7.49/lb; 90/10 sirloin 7.49
Only 80/20 grade and the price is essentially the same on white styrofoam or plastic tube. It’s in the Houston area
Prime ribeye $29.99/lb; top sirloin Star B $9.99/lb (sale)
Brookshires
Posted on 12/4/25 at 4:41 pm to GeauxTigers0107
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Speak for yourself. While we can easily afford it, I refuse to give in to what I consider overpriced consumables.
Likewise. It wasn't long ago that Sam's was selling prime cuts for $14/lb. and choice for $11 or so. Today their choice ribeyes were $18/lb with no prime to be found, although last time I saw it there is was $28/lb. I do a lot of my shopping in the morning and can sometimes find newly marked down beef due to an expiration date 2 days ahead, some deals better than others. Nice ribeyes today were $12/lb. and looked great. Vacuum sealed and into the freezer they went. We don't eat a whole lot of beef so between sales we usually are satisfied. I will be interested to see if there will be any heavily discounted whole rib roasts around Christmas this year. I usually grab 2 roasts with 6-7 ribs each to cook for the family and in past years they've only set me back $150-$200.
Beef prices make HVAC prices look cheap.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 4:42 pm to ragincajun03
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bone-in ribeye is $12.96/lb
Sure, Jan.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:38 pm to AUin02
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Beef producers raised prices when costs went up,
That is the dumbest statement made on this site for a day or two. Farmers and Ranchers never establish the price at which their products sell, they can only sell on a contract basis with preconditions offered by the buyer or they can sell on the open market at whatever the current buyers are willing to pay. In either event they are at the mercy of the buyer and are faced with a take-it-or-leave-it situation.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:41 pm to AUin02
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then found out the American consumer hasn't really changed their buying habits as a result. So now that costs have trended down some, the beef producers just enjoy a greater profit margin
You can say this about damn near every product sold today
Covid was the biggest transfer of wealth upward that we have seen in quite some time and it’s mostly because of this and the stock market
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:56 pm to AUin02
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the beef producers just enjoy a greater profit margin because we're still buying their wares at the inflated prices. Lots of people bitching about it but until people actually change their buying habits (and more competition enters the market) prices are gonna be what they're gonna be sadly
If there is one group of producers who deserve a boom or “good times”, it’s cattle producers. That’s an industry where the actual producers don’t usually make a big profit. The packers might. But the actual producers aren’t getting rich. If they’re finally having “their day” so to speak, good on them. I’ll buy some more roasts and extra steaks. Glad to contribute.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:01 pm to ragincajun03
We have been unable to import 100,000 head per month of feeder cows from Mexico due a screw worm epidemic in their range herds. Adjusted for inflation, beef was much more expense in the early 1970s
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:11 pm to MC5601
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The real joke here is the official inflation numbers we have received. True inflation is closer to 50% over the last 5 years than 20%
I would agree with this, particularly on meat products.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:13 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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Ground meat is about $4/lb
It's $7-8 lb here unless you catch a sale. I just checked at Walmart and it's $7.75/lb roughly. The tube meat is $6.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:15 pm to ragincajun03
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Examples of recent beef prices are as follows, bone-in ribeye is $12.96/lb, compared to $10.28 five years ago and $7.70 ten years ago.
Bargain compared to the $80/lb venison in my freezer
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:17 pm to ragincajun03
Beef demand is still very high. You don't like the price buy white meat. Drought and high input cost is how we got here and inky time is going to fix the supply side. However demand staying high will keep supply lower for longer.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:20 pm to ragincajun03
Cold storage is at historic lows. Basic supply and demand going on
Posted on 12/4/25 at 7:19 pm to LSUtoBOOT
100%
You can get a couple of thick cut loin chops at supermarkets for $7.50. Pork shoulder is even cheaper for more meals, and can be used in a lot of ways!
Farmed salmon is also fairly cheap, although not nearly on the same level as pork.
Beef is great but there are other proteins besides it and chicken.
You can get a couple of thick cut loin chops at supermarkets for $7.50. Pork shoulder is even cheaper for more meals, and can be used in a lot of ways!
Farmed salmon is also fairly cheap, although not nearly on the same level as pork.
Beef is great but there are other proteins besides it and chicken.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 7:28 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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Only 80/20 grade and the price is essentially the same on white styrofoam or plastic tube. It’s in the Houston area.
bullshite. Its $6-8 a pound everywhere in the greater Houston area.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 7:54 pm to fallguy_1978
6.32/lb for grass fed ground beef at Sam's, in a 3lb pack. $14.48 a lb for grass fed strip. H-E-B, regular corn fed ground beef in a 2lb pack is $6.17 (edit, per pound).
The price of oil/diesel in 2021 impacted fertilizer costs (and everything else associated with farming/ranching,) the EU went on a tear starting to write laws to shut down farms (to reduce nitrogen output.) None of this should be a shock, but there are ways around it.
The price of oil/diesel in 2021 impacted fertilizer costs (and everything else associated with farming/ranching,) the EU went on a tear starting to write laws to shut down farms (to reduce nitrogen output.) None of this should be a shock, but there are ways around it.
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 7:56 pm
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