Meat Prices. . .

[GammaRei]

I went to the Business Costco yesterday to get some baby back ribs and beef ribs to make to take to the ER on the 4th. The prices were nuts. a package of beef ribs was $125. A couple of months ago, I got the same package of ribs for $40. Briskets were insane as well, running about $160. Is it just California prices, or are meat prices inflated everywhere?

- G

 

[bdadams84]

I depends on the cut. I was at Sam's Club yesterday. I saw spare ribs at $4.40 a pound which are normally $1.89ish and bone-in pork butts were $3.38 a pound and they're normally $1.68ish per pound. That's just north of Raleigh, NC.

 

[bananablack]

Its everywhere, I went to restaurant depot brisket was 5.97lb and spare ribs are 3.84lb. all stores here in OKC metro have insane meat prices

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

Yeah it sucks. I went to Sam's for beef and came home with nothing...

 

[Lynn Dollar]

I depends on the cut. I was at Sam's Club yesterday. I saw spare ribs at $4.40 a pound which are normally $1.89ish and bone-in pork butts were $3.38 a pound and they're normally $1.68ish per pound. That's just north of Raleigh, NC.

Same here in OKC.

 

[SmokeRingsMatter]

I had better luck at retail grocery chains. St Louis were $3.29/lb and whole spares were $2.79/lb. I went eith the St Louis as it just seemed the better deal. If the whole spares were $1.99/b i would have jumped on it.

 

[Whumpa]

I just got back from our local Fred Myers, owned by Kroger’s, whole choice packer brisket for $2.99 a pound. If I didn’t already have two in the freezer I would have snagged one.

 

[GammaRei]

I just came back from Safeway, chicken is on sale at $.99/lb. So I ended up getting 4 trays of chicken thighs/drums for about $20. There were some baby back ribs for $6.00 a rack and snagged a couple of those for the wife and kids.

- G

 

[SmokeRingsMatter]

I just came back from Safeway, chicken is on sale at $.99/lb. So I ended up getting 4 trays of chicken thighs/drums for about $20. There were some baby back ribs for $6.00 a rack and snagged a couple of those for the wife and kids.

- G

$6 a rack or $6 a pound? If they were $6 a rack thats the cheapest i ever heard for baby back since they average 3-4lbs per rack.

 

[TXArmy]

Prime briskets at Costco in Northern Virginia are $5.99/lb. Bought a few for the freezer in the spring at $2.49/lb. $5.99 a little too pricey for me.

 

[Chester]

Yes, unfortunately inflation is running wild on several fronts right now. Meat prices out the roof. Housing shooting up. Ever price a new truck? Ouch. Paycheck the same though.

 

[jzadski]

Pretty much the same in Michigan too

 

[GammaRei]

$6 a rack or $6 a pound? If they were $6 a rack thats the cheapest i ever heard for baby back since they average 3-4lbs per rack.

$6 a rack. It was odd. . .

- G

 

[GammaRei]

Yes, unfortunately inflation is running wild on several fronts right now. Meat prices out the roof. Housing shooting up. Ever price a new truck? Ouch. Paycheck the same though.

Yeah, I was waiting for inflation to hit us. Looks like its here....

- G

 

[Happy Hapgood]

$6 a rack. It was odd. . .

- G

I think the Supply side of the Demand side is starting to kick in. The suppliers will wait until after July 4th and we should all see a drop in meat prices.

 

[WeberWho]

Here's what I found at Sam's Club here in MN:

Prime packer briskets were cheaper than Choice packer briskets. Prime packer briskets were cheaper than pork shoulders per lb.

Talk about all screwed up....