Meat prices are out of control. I just got this texted to me by my butcher:
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The USDA predicts that beef and veal prices were going to increase by 5 percent in 2021.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings/
I eat only kosher meat which is roughly double the price of non kosher meat. Even with that being accounted for, the price should have only a 10 percent increase. Due to esoteric reasons, essentially all kosher slaughterhouses in the US are connected to non kosher slaughterhouses where the front half is processed for kosher meat and the bottom half is processed for non kosher meat. This means that the same cow, split in half, has the front raised in price by 20 percent while the price on the back half of the cow is raised by 5 percent. Apparently it's due to labor shortages. Digression aside, the price of domestic beef seems to be skyrocketing beyond USDA expectations. This is the 4th major price increase in 18 months.