I can't touch brisket for less than 4. But I do know it'll be decent. Still... it's gotta be something I'm craving, as there's still $10 to be put into it at least. Not including time.
Wal-Mart.... $2.50/lb is what I pay. Not bad at all.
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Don
MES 30
Weber Spirit SP-310 Gas Grill
Weber Kettle
Traeger Texas Grill
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Anymore the amount of actual corn fed is not much. The majority of the feed is gluten a byproduct of ethanol which is cheaper and better than corn. The reason beef prices are up is the nations herd numbers are at the lowest they've been in a long time.
Cattle herd is at its lowest point since 1952 and there are now 100 million more mouths in this country.
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McLouth, KS
Retired/disabled Wyandotte County, KS Deputy Sheriff
Man, I can tell you here in the sahara desert of Eastern Kansas, farmers are mowing and baling ditches and grass areas they have never baled before. I'm thinking there is a huge shortage of hay, and now everything, and I do mean everything is just burning up in the fields. If you have a freezer best to put aside a few things at the now elevated prices, because they are going to go higher.
Picked up a couple of briskets at Cash and Carry today. The last time I bought one (granted it has been awhile ago) they were $1.89 per pound.
Today . . . $2.54 per pound.
I remember there was a discussion here awhile back about beef prices going up. Guess I should have paid closer attention.
Dave
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Originally Posted by DDave
Left Cash and Carry with 2 briskets and 2 three packs of pretrimmed St. Louis ribs (and a 20 pound bag of ice for the cooler on the way home).
Got back in the car and Mrs. DDave asks, "How much?"
Gulp
"$159 something"
"WHAT!!"
She calmed down a little when I told her that will last me probably a year as infrequently as I smoke those items.
Dave
just left walmart with a $50.00 brisket, $2.78/lb and my better half said the very similar thing "i cant believe you are paying $50.00 for a chuck of meat"
i just drove from virginia to indiana and back. we went thru west virginia, southern ohio and eastern indiana on the way there, southern indiana, kentucky and west virginia on the way home. the ongoing drought is amazing.
a weather forecaster in kentucky said it is the worst drought since the dust bowl years and some places in western kentucky are 15" below the average rainfall for this year.
we crossed many creeks and rivers that were just dried up.
none of this bodes well for grazing animals. i have a felling it is getting worse before it gets better.
just a side note on pork prices. the reason we traveled to indiana was a reunion celebrating 35 years of being in the work force. i was raised in a rural farming community. 35 years ago everyone had livestock, namely hogs. this last week only one guy had hogs and when this batch finishes the first of september, he is out of the business too.
yep its going to get worse before it gets better
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This does NOT bode well. Damn. Err..sorry Marcus... but you know the impetus behind my curses.
dont worry nothing offends me "pirate chaplian" remember... argh...
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Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16 (NASB)
Davidmcg is on the money with his forecasts...lowest cattle numbers in 60 years, demand down after gas prices went up in 2006, corn at $7+/bushel and headed for $8 if we don't get rain soon here in the cornbelt.
Cattle futures support an additional $10/cwt for fed cattle by next Spring so load the freezer soon if you're buying beef!
Davidmcg is on the money with his forecasts...lowest cattle numbers in 60 years, demand down after gas prices went up in 2006, corn at $7+/bushel and headed for $8 if we don't get rain soon here in the cornbelt.
Cattle futures support an additional $10/cwt for fed cattle by next Spring so load the freezer soon if you're buying beef!
Geeez more bad news from an expert.
Might just be in the freezer market... mine are old and beat.
Might just be in the freezer market... mine are old and beat.
i was thinking about grabbing a side of beef and a half a hawg. now i am thinking a bigger freezer too
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Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16 (NASB)
I watch AgDay at 4am frequently and back in February they were talking about how so many Beef Cattlemen sold off so much of their herds last year due to the heat. (remember) And it was a wait and see this year. Although it started off fine and went into a nice early spring it has gone drowth now.
Fewer cattle this year and a drowth. Yep, I'll bet we'll be eating chicken & pork for awhile. What Beef we do purchase may be used to season grain, noodle, and veggie dishes. Stroganoff, stuffed peppers, tamales and the like if the price skyrockets.
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