We buy all of our meat producer-direct, sans the occaisional run to Costco. Our favorite producer uses a local meat locker that does a phenominal job, offers free local delivery, and has better prices than any other meat locker within 60 miles. They just don't do "fancy" and special requests better be reasonable or the answer will be no.
A month or two back we received the half cow we ordered last year and put it straight into the grilling/smoking deep freezer. We paid $2.15/lb plus processing. We then immediately ordered another half cow which will be delivered somewhere around late September or October. Pricing went up to $2.55/lb and the lady said she was anticipating $3.00-$3.25/lb by summer. The cost of processing is also likely to go up. Which of course means at the super market these increases will add up to a whole lot more tsince they also pass on the costs of storage, transportation, packaging, advertising, etc. to the consumer. At this rate in 2023 we will all be showcasing smoked Spam burnt ends or reverse seared Vienna sausages and Costco will have briskets available financed for 3 easy payments.
A month or two back we received the half cow we ordered last year and put it straight into the grilling/smoking deep freezer. We paid $2.15/lb plus processing. We then immediately ordered another half cow which will be delivered somewhere around late September or October. Pricing went up to $2.55/lb and the lady said she was anticipating $3.00-$3.25/lb by summer. The cost of processing is also likely to go up. Which of course means at the super market these increases will add up to a whole lot more tsince they also pass on the costs of storage, transportation, packaging, advertising, etc. to the consumer. At this rate in 2023 we will all be showcasing smoked Spam burnt ends or reverse seared Vienna sausages and Costco will have briskets available financed for 3 easy payments.
