Price increases on prime beef @ Costco

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I remember buying the stuff for $11.99/lb two years ago and then it jumped to $13.99/lb sometime late last year. I was at my local Costco just this past weekend and noticed that the price jumped up again to $15.99/lb. While I still think this is a great price for some quality product, it is a far cry from the “heluva deal” it once was. The marbling is also hit and miss so I check the steaks each time I go and when it looks good, I stock up.

Is this a regional thing or are people seeing price increases in other parts of the country?

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Nationwide. Beef prices are up because of an increase in feed lot costs.

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Last weekend I was talking with a local producer of Berkshire pork. She told me that because they grow all their feed, their pork business is way up - they have become much more cost competitive with commodity pork raised on purchased feed.

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Tex is spot on. I’ve been getting “alerts” from wholesalers for months. Some are saying don’t expect any protein prices to get much better any time soon.

JD

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Lamb has about doubled in the past few years.

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“I remember when I was a kid, a loaf of bread was a NICKEL!”

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I am more worried about the quality decrease I have seen in the last year at Costco on prime beef.

I just last week bought a pack of prime filets and was amazed at the trimming I had to do. By the time I removed the fatty chunks and the silver skin I had paid for 4 oz of scrap in that package.

I think the prime meats are not turning well because all the steaks appeared brown on the exterior

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I love that stuff!!

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Tyler,

Ditto here in Florida on price and quality. It has been very hit or miss on quality - more miss lately. I just bought a whole Ribeye yesterday because the cut steaks looked good. The cut steaks were $15.99 and the whole ribeye was $10.19.

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We made kebabs a couple a weeks ago with Costco prime tri-tip steaks @ $7.99/lb. They tasted pretty damn good. Not sure if this is a proce increase but the quality was very good.

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What was the weight of the entire pkg., and what did that cost? TIA.

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Most of the time I can pick from the regular Choice and get as much marbling as the Prime, sometimes not, so I go Prime. Breaking down a side was not worth it to me.

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prices went up. It was 5.99 this summer =(. But yeah INCREDIBLE deal even at 7.99. I love their tri tip steaks.

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I agree, always checkout the choice cuts.

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I buy the whole uncut primal and cut it down. NYs still $9.99lb, and ribeyes $8.99 here.

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I have yet to be impressed with the “prime” steaks at Costco. The marbling does not meet my idea of prime.

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We got some decent Prime NY strips last week IIRC for $15.99.

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Would you consider this to be Prime, Joe? This level of marbling is what I would consider average for our Lincoln Park store.

Sorry to post only one… we ate the other two… [snort.gif]

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Caused by increased demand for corn used for subsidized and mandated ethanol production.

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EASILY grades out as USDA Prime.