a standard 45% price per pound increase in just 16 months π³
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If useful, I pay around $20 per pound of grass fed grass finished of the same cut but I also get it pretty close to the source.
Am I the only one that thinks the decimal point should be one place to the right in both examples? π³
Yesterday I just picked up product from a cow I bought at stockyard auction price from my uncle. I processed it locally, and it still came in at $9.25USD/lb or so, across all cuts and burger. $2,460 all told for 260lbs of meat. From burger to ribeye, and all steaks, even briskets and smokers. 10yrs ago thatβs less than $1k of meat.
What state are you in that a whole beef costs that much from a sale barn? That seems ~25-50% higher than usd average prices for grassfed and finished.
Missouri. My impression was that this was really high, too. I asked the processor what prices were right now and he said itβs stupid high at $3/lb on the hoof. Makes me want to start doing it all for Bitcoin, the path Iβve seen some ranchers taking lately.
That is where i am... What butcher did yall use so i make sure never to go there, that is fucking ridiculous. Usda report for a whole grassfed beef is 8.95/lb and that is hanging weight and includes butcher fees. Guess im glad I'm ramping up cuz i will have space to grow a market for beef here
I can tell itβs a market in flux. Inflation enters smooth at the top and takes time to ripple through markets to find the new price levels as settled in varied sectors. Some snap like whips in recoil with amplified changes. But weβll see. Here are the numbers from this one.
$2000 - 768lbs on the hoof delivered
$448.92 - Dressed at 456lbs & proc
Total finished cuts: 260lbs
Oh. Now i think i understand, these are tiny little dexters getting butchered arent they? That is a small cow to be getting processed.
I only buy deals these days, it just feels grossly wrong to pay those markups.
To bad were all just going to keep paying it like it's normal.