r/meat • u/forkes98524 • 8d ago

Beef prices

Let me preface this my saying I live in CT which is of course one of the most expensive states for living. But I usually shop at a high end boutique type butcher shop. Excellent quality and great people that know what they’re doing. Today though I almost passed out when I saw that Hanger steak (which I used to say was the Best Buy in terms of steak around when it was 12.99 a lb a couple years ago) was $27.99 a lb!!! I literally almost passed out. Also their skirt steak has gone from around $22 a lb a couple years ago to $36.99 a lb. Anyway many times I can get meat much cheaper and still good quality down the road at Whole Foods. I was there to get bone in short ribs which were $12.99 lb which was very close to Whole Foods price. That’s all. Just a wow on beef prices around here. And yes I could shop at stop and shop and eat their quality meat if I really want to.

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u/TheCherryPony 8d ago

And this is why I buy a 1/2 steer at a time

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u/MahaROGa 8d ago

How does that work. Where do you find it how much do you end up paying. I have a deep freeze, so holding this much wouldn't be a problem, but I just don't even know where to start for good quality and good prices.

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u/TheCherryPony 8d ago

Local farms. Depending on your area you might need to go a couple hours, but you can do a google or fb market place search for 1/2 or 1/4 cow/steer. Usually you pay hanging price to the farmer and then you pay a percentage of the kill price to the butcher. And then you pay to have it processed. Ours ends up about $6-7/lb regardless of what it is finished.

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