Brisket Prices UP Everywhere?

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I was planning on cooking a hot and fast brisky tomorrow and called around San Diego for per pound pricing. The lowest I could find was $3.29!!! What the heck happened to prices? Last time I cooked brisket last 4th of July it was $2.49 per pound. Is this ridiculousness happening everywhere or just here in SoCal?
 
News flash- prices on everything are up. Brisket always seems pricey around here- that's why I rarely cook it.
 
Paid the same price as last year at a Sam's Club in MN a couple of weeks ago. Pork Butts were the same, too.
 
I was just at Restaurant Depot in the West Bottoms of KC, and they had choice briskets for $1.89/lb. Sam's Club normally has them for right about $2.00/lb, but grocery stores are always at $3.49 and up.
 
The HEB stores in Texas are usually around 1.79/lb, but the select to choice ratio is about 10 to 1, meaning they rarely have choice packers, usually select.

The local Walmart has choice packers for $1.89/lb about half the time. Same Excel branding.
 
Yeah, prices are up on everything.. I can rarely find one for under $3.00 here in California
 
Texas is a big supplier of beef and the droughts here have caused ranchers to raise the price of all beef.
 
Just want until gas hits.....gasp $6/gallon, and ramped inflation sets in. Oh yeah, prices are going up. Buckle up!
 
energyzer said:
Just want until gas hits.....gasp $6/gallon, and ramped inflation sets in. Oh yeah, prices are going up. Buckle up!
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Sounds like a bunch of fear mongering. I'd gonna bet that meat prices go down, just to be an optimist :)

I might get pretty good odds on my bets!
 
Man, I feel lucky after reading all this.... not that they are the greatest but i got some IBP choice briskets from Albertsons about a week ago on special for $1.49 per lb....when i did self check out..the machine said "BRISKET COUPON" and i paid $0.49 per lb. went back in and got the only other 3 that looked decent. Age them then freeze a few of them and use them for practice cooking. But yes, Price are going through roof and are forecast to go even higher from what i understand. If you have room, get them when you find them on sale and freeze em!!!
 
Dallas Dan said:
Texas is a big supplier of beef and the droughts here have caused ranchers to raise the price of all beef.
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Pure BS

The price of feed is up due to more corn producers selling to ethanol producers. Compound that with the rise in popularity in bbq and you get a brisket frenzy. Price of fuel doesn't help either.

Wholesale prices have gone up, too. My supplier has me at $1.94/lb for choice.

Sign of the times, bro.
 
Tofu, the new brisket. No corn involved in production. Hey, if corn is going up, I better switch off of bourbon.
 
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