Local farmers, meat?

[theGinsue]

When I was at Sam's earlier this evening, they had the packs of two roasting chickens, still for $0.92/lb. Aside from that, there were two trays of wings. I walked over to look at the price of pork, and when I returned to the roasting chickens, the trays were gone.
Now they did have a lot of frozen meats, but they were pretty spendy as well.

It may be smart of get a meat grinder- yard sales would be a good place to start.

I've already forgotten but I'm hoping you remember what the price/pound for ground beef was @ Shamrock on Monday.

[TheGrey]

I've already forgotten but I'm hoping you remember what the price/pound for ground beef was @ Shamrock on Monday.

Member price for ground beef, 85% was $4.99/lb. The angus ground beef was $6.99/lb. Those were the 10# logs.

[buffalobo]

Member price for ground beef, 85% was $4.99/lb. The angus ground beef was $6.99/lb. Those were the 10# logs.

Ouch. That's 20% higher than last time I made the trip(probably 8 months) to Shamrock. I thought the $3.99 price was 20% high at that time.

Another issue in the beef game is producers not happy with processors. They claim processors suppress price they will pay for cattle and inflate price they sell to retail, manipulating market both directions

[Great-Kazoo]

Ouch. That's 20% higher than last time I made the trip(probably 8 months) to Shamrock. I thought the $3.99 price was 20% high at that time.

Another issue in the beef game is producers not happy with processors. They claim processors suppress price they will pay for cattle and inflate price they sell to retail, manipulating market both directions

They do. Once the livestock is sold for an agreed price, the new seller sets price. However atm some people who raise livestock have bumped their prices up, like way up. One of my sources for fresh meat says she looked at a few head of cattle on a monday. Tuesday morning she saw the same exact cattle with a $500 higher per head, increase.

Locally sourced is the hot commodity atm, everyone in the game is taking advantage, just like gun , ammo and reloading vendors.

Anyone see PSA's prices the last few days?

[blacklabel]

They do. Once the livestock is sold for an agreed price, the new seller sets price. However atm some people who raise livestock have bumped their prices up, like way up. One of my sources for fresh meat says she looked at a few head of cattle on a monday. Tuesday morning she saw the same exact cattle with a $500 higher per head, increase.

Producers were paying what the market would bear. There's a million head backlog of slaughter ready cattle at this point. Some producers have since started paying what's hoped to be an "acceptable" price for cattle considering the climate. None of the beef industry is acting like a free market should because of the limited labor to produce what retail demand is necessitating. Hell, Tyson started paying more for cattle and artificially reduced their retail prices to "keep beef affordable" despite no decreases in demand.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ty...ons-2020-05-13