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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,959 posts) Thu May 22, 2025, 09:21 PM May 22

Beef prices reach record highs as cattle industry struggles with costs [View all]

Fort Worth, Texas — The dinner shopping list for Darlowe Torkelson and his wife was short. At today's prices, it consisted of just one sirloin steak and one potato.

Torkelson of Argyle, Texas, told CBS News his family doesn't yet know the upper limit of what they are willing to pay for certain groceries.

"I haven't found it, I'd like to see it back down," Torkelson said.

The average cost of one pound of ground beef reached a record-high of $5.80 in April, according to numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up nearly 50% from five years ago.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/beef-prices-reach-record-highs-001150049.html

I've seen it for just under four bucks a pound but that's still too much. I've been using ground turkey instead.

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I could never had guessed I'd see cube steak at $7.99 a pound. sinkingfeeling May 22 #1

I'm making a cube steak tonight or as my wife calls it a "stupid steak" because of the way i season it. madinmaryland May 22 #3

I've seen ground chuck between 5-6 bucks a pound here, but it depends on the fat content. madinmaryland May 22 #2

Seems to me that all meat ought to be expensive enough Ron Green May 23 #4

Well, the days of... Xolodno May 23 #5

I eat the carnivore dietary lifestyle so lots of meat, especially ground beef. elocs May 23 #6

The farmers around here (because of tariffs) are switching to raising cattle. Emile May 23 #7

G.O.P. did this to beef BoRaGard May 23 #8