What are you paying for ground beef

[Jstpssng]

It's been a year or more since I've priced beef. Based on prices I was seeing back then though, it would have been more economical to buy lower grade steaks and run it through my grinder, rather than buying it preground.

 

[shooterdon]

Paid 1.99/lb last week.

 

[LittleBill21]

3.83 for 90 at sams

 

[jaxs]

Around here ground beef is rapidly approaching 8 bucks a pound at the grocery store. I have never bought any meat from a grocery store we have always raised our own or bought from the Amish. My Amish guy that I get beef from just raised his price to $4.25 per pound for ground or $2 bucks for a quarter or half and $1.75 whole is he staying in line with the rest of the country. I can raise my own for sun 3 bucks and am debating going to the auction and getting a few dozen steers

"$2 bucks for a quarter or half and $1.75 whole" You better buy that before the seller sobers up.

"am debating going to the auction and getting a few dozen steers" So you went from shopping around for ground beef to just buying a herd?

 

[jyoutz]

Haven’t bought any for years. We raise our own steers.

 

[kenmac]

Haven't bought any in a long time. I raise my own, and also raise beef for others
I take them to slaughter. I charge them $4.80 per # hanging weight

 

[kenmac]

Around here ground beef is rapidly approaching 8 bucks a pound at the grocery store.

I would love to get $2.00 per # live weight at the stock yard sales
Last I sold at the stockyard brought $1.34 per # @ 735# steers

 

[jyoutz]

I would love to get $2.00 per # live weight at the stock yard sales
Last I sold at the stockyard brought $1.34 per # @ 735# steers

That’s pretty cheap. I’ve been buying 450# steer calves for about $700, then raising them to 1100-1200# before they go to the packers.

 

[kenmac]

That’s pretty cheap. I’ve been buying 450# steer calves for about $700, then raising them to 1100-1200# before they go to the packers.

I don't know how it works everywhere else. But around here, the less they weight, the more $ they bring. The more they weight, the less $ they bring.
So yeah, a 450# steer would probably bring that here. It all depends on what the buyers are willing to pay that day

 

[jaxs]

I would love to get $2.00 per # live weight at the stock yard sales
Last I sold be at the stockyard brought $1.34 per # @ 735# steers

Your 735# steer would be worth $2.40 to $2.50 per pound on the rail. That's why I advised op to jump on $2 for a quarter or $1.75 for a whole. The seller would be getting about $0.96 per # for steer on the hoof.