Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: nycoyoteman]
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You're not wrong. Packers and grocers have been sticking it to the producers for quite some time. I have family in the beef feeding business and do not buy from the store. They do better and I get better beef!
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: nycoyoteman]
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03/11/22 08:49 PM
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We just bought a 1/2 a beef. The farmer got $900. The processor got $385. Don't know what the start weight was. But it was from my wifes cousin.
Cost $271 a pound. No middleman. just
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: Rat Masterson]
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03/11/22 10:00 PM
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Nobody thinks wages might have an effect on prices? Doesnt seem to affect pork as much though
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: nycoyoteman]
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03/11/22 10:47 PM
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I'm not defending the butchers, and I'm not arguing, I think they make more from my beef than they deserve. Now a few points, I can only speak for Indiana. They take in more than 1 animal a day, so you must have and maintain a place to keep them until there killed, then skin and gut them, this must also be stored and disposed of, then they hang for a week or two in a cold room, each day a qualified USDA inspector must be paid, all butcher equipment must be cleaned between each days use. Saws, grinders, knives, stainless tables, floors and walls must be sanitized each day. Then primal cuts are made, these are cut and wrapped to each customers specs. All of these things cost in time and skilled labor. All of these things must be maintained. Now you must pay everyone and the cost for the building and utilities. Local taxes. I'm missing a lot I know but it all (the money) doesn't go into the butchers pocket. That's why we have 3 out of business in my county now. The big packer here Indiana Packers is owned by a jap company and is one of the largest employers in this part of the state. And as a side note less than 2% of all beef produced in the US grades prime. Case.
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: nycoyoteman]
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03/11/22 11:00 PM
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What’s a reasonable wage and how many man hours to butcher one animal? We are talking $1000 per head- it doesn’t take 40 hours to process one animal. I worked for a butcher for awhile right out of high school. Two of us cutting one wrapping. We would do 2 1200 lb. Critters a day and be done by 2 o’clock. I’m sure packers are much faster with the machines they have nowadays
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
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03/11/22 11:02 PM
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Those big beef processing plants in, Amarillo, Cactus TX, Hereford TX, Holcomb KS, Dodge KS, Liberal KS, Do multiple thousands of head a week, each.
Amarillo and Dodge both have multiple packers doing thousands of head a week each.
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: danny clifton]
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03/11/22 11:07 PM
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Indiana Packers 200 semi's per day. Another plant one county east. Nephew owns the company that sanitizes the trailers between trips.
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Re: Beef prices- where is the money going?
[Re: nycoyoteman]
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Casexx isnt that pork processing?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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