lean ground beef price??

Dave from MN · Aug 5, 2013

What are you guys charging for lean cow beef? 7 year old thinner but not skinny cow. Should be about 90% lean or so according to the butcher. We normally charge $4 for a 1&1/3 pound package of ground beef from a yearling butcher steer. Wife says lean beef in the store is upper close to $4 if not more per pound, and 73% lean ( ick) is upper $2"s

rrlund · Aug 5, 2013

From what I just saw on the news,if it's from the stem cells of an organic cow,about $300,000 a pound.

Case e · Aug 5, 2013

You sir have what is called a by product of the beef industry, cutter or a canner. Not worth what a yearling fed steer or heifer would be.

RodinNS · Aug 5, 2013

Around here they call it 'extra lean' ground beef. They grind it 2-3 times and charge more for it than regular ground beef.
You can be assured it doesn't end up in a can.

Rod

Case e · Aug 5, 2013

Well there you go, go ahead and buy all you like, this guy is getting beef from my lot.

mgriff543 · Aug 5, 2013

Local butcher here has "ground round" on "sale" for $3.99/lb. Thats the leanest we get around here. I'm not sure on the actual percentage of fat.

RodinNS · Aug 5, 2013

Where'd ya think the old dairy cows go? Price of them goes up here every spring when burger season starts...

Rod

Case e · Aug 6, 2013

Im not gonna deny where it goes, there is nothing wrong with it but Im not going to eat it. Im glad it is used, it makes beef more affordable, I would never try to sell it as a product that is equall to choice or select beef just because it is lean. Lots of differance in quality. Like I said, eat it all up more high quality beef for me.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 6, 2013

alot of people wouldn't know the difference, but old cow meat is worth less.

greygoat · Aug 6, 2013

Wife wanted to try "Wendys" for lunch. I got a
quarter pounder. Grease was just dripping out of
it as I held it,(OK squeezed it) to eat it. It
hardened on the box, like lard. I would judge it
to be 40% fat, 60% meat !

RodinNS · Aug 6, 2013

There's nothing wrong with the quality of cow beef if it's ground into burger. We've eaten a lot of it here that wasn't ground too. That's more hit and miss... but the rib and loin cuts are generally better. Rounds... not so much. But as burger... it's all fine. There's a LOT of it that isn't ground up too if you only knew the difference.

Rod

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