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re: White House Advisers Tasked with Finding Way to Lower Soaring Beef Prices
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:54 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:54 am to ragincajun03
Just like other commodities, it will come down when the market decides it’s too high
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:56 am to ragincajun03
But it triggers the blue haired libs! Wait, they are vegan lmaooo
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:42 am to McLemore
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I can technically afford good steak still, but I quit buying it because i can't bring myself to pay 100% more for it than just a few years ago.
Ditto. 2 choice ribeyes for $50? Nah, I'm good. $140 for a rack of short ribs (dino ribs)? Nope.
Was looking for a place to buy cheap soup bones for stock last week. Came across a local farm charging ~$3500 for half a cow. In. Freaking. Sane.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:47 am to McLemore
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I can technically afford good steak still, but I quit buying it because i can't bring myself to pay 100% more for it than just a few years ago.
Not me. I am eating steak. I ate a fine ribeye last night, and will have another on Wednesday night. The price will never be too high.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:49 am to ragincajun03
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Adding to the challenges: A newly opened Justice Department probe into potential anticompetitive practices by the largest U.S. meatpackers. The companies—Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef—have declined comment on the investigation.
Would love to see JBS get investigated. They're always doing some shady shite at the plant here in Louisville.
I've been purchasing my ground beef through Kentucky Cattleman's Association. It's vacuum sealed so it lasts longer, good quality, all local family farms (it's a big cohort now), processed locally. And the price has dropped (it peaked at about $9.99 pound) to about $7.99 a pound in the last month. Best decision I've made on my beef purchasing. Everything else we typically get in bulk from either local providers or Costco (depending on the time of the year) to try to cut cost.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:11 am to TDTOM
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The price will never be too high.
I would agree except for one oddity: ever since i had COVID in Jan 2021 (correlation not causation, but it's too close for coincidence), steak tastes off to me. At first it was so bad i couldn't eat it. Now it's intermittent and mild but still has affected my appetite for steak. It's a soapy flavor. I read it's from the fat. So bizarre. I used to eat steak three times a week, and never tasted that, even when i didn't cook them perfectly (for me, a true medium rare).
I'm going to get a whole top loin from Costco or Sam's and cut some thick steaks. Probably a net loss if you factor the time, but I like to control the thickness and it doesn't take THAT long.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:09 am to ragincajun03
If it wasn’t for mineral rights a large majority of the cow calf operators would be out of business
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:49 am to ragincajun03
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Yeah...I'm not sure how shutting down a facility and a potential reduction in production is going to help ease price increases.
Supply vs. Demand
I don't think you fully read the article.
There is no supply when there is nothing to be supplied. One facility operating at 100% is much more cost effective than two facilities working at 50%
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:50 am to McLemore
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Probably a net loss if you factor the time, but I like to control the thickness and it doesn't take THAT long.
It really doesn't take that much time and you can also control your own grind for burgers. Don't forget about the tallow.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:46 pm to ragincajun03
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Are we eating crawfish instead of steak this Spring?
Catfish baw
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:57 pm to crazyLSUstudent
quote:It's perfectly rational from the shareholders perspective. The confusion comes from thinking of beef in free market terms, but the beef market isn't free. It's a bottleneck controlled by a handful of players.
They announced this and their stock price went up. Totally normal behavior in a rational market
The stock went up because this helps Tyson’s profits, not because it helps lower beef prices for you. When they shut plants, they cut costs and reduce how much beef gets processed. Less beef for sale means higher prices at the store but at the same time, ranchers now have fewer places to sell cattle, so Tyson can pay them less. Buy cheaper, sell higher, spend less to operate. That’s why Wall Street likes it. It's great for shareholders while still screwing both consumers and ranchers at the same time.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:01 pm to ClemsonKitten
quote:As a vegan myself, high beef prices are low on my trigger list.
But it triggers the blue haired libs! Wait, they are vegan lmaooo
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:09 pm to northshorebamaman
This is my exact point. Due to market conditions (very few players as you pointed out) they have enough market control where they can just shut down production and increase the value of their company.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:12 pm to crazyLSUstudent
Got you. 
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:53 pm to northshorebamaman
Bringing in Argentine beef could help lower the cost of ground beef, but you still have a herd the size of one 70 years ago.
The feds need to help farmers build up their herds because the supply is out of whack. And they should help out small farmers. They are getting more for their animals, but they are also paying more for hay, for seed, for fertilizer, and for equipment. Many are aging out of business, and a young man cannot get in the business unless he inherits a working ranch.
The feds need to help farmers build up their herds because the supply is out of whack. And they should help out small farmers. They are getting more for their animals, but they are also paying more for hay, for seed, for fertilizer, and for equipment. Many are aging out of business, and a young man cannot get in the business unless he inherits a working ranch.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:19 pm to crazyLSUstudent
The meat packers don't have jack shite to do with the herd size. I agree the packers issue needs to be fixed but that is a completely separate issue from the herd size.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:21 pm to BottomlandBrew
And more people will have to start making that decision for prices to come down. But as of right now demand is as strong as ever.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:32 pm to LemmyLives
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The local ranch I buy from is $7 a pound for ground beef, which is a whole $1 more than I paid in 2019. Grass fed ground beef is $6.30 a pound at Sam's, up from 5.99 a year ago. Gives me the vapors, I tell you.
You must live in a weird part of the country. 80/20 ground beef has gone from $3.99 to $6.99 where I live over the past year or so
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:43 pm to VOLhalla
I just bought a side last week from a local farmer. $6/lb, Using a round steak tonight for Swiss steak. Not wanting to do without beef ‘round here.
Prices in the store are nauseating, though.
Prices in the store are nauseating, though.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:41 pm to ragincajun03
There's nothing that can fix it in the short term, the only hope for relief is to try to reduce the regulatory strain on the inputs ranchers need to raise cattle to make it easier to rebuild the herds
People think I'm crazy but I think cattle are something one should be buying right now.....I see little possibility beef prices are lower 3-5 years from now vs now
People think I'm crazy but I think cattle are something one should be buying right now.....I see little possibility beef prices are lower 3-5 years from now vs now
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