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Steve Calvin
 
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Default Why is beef so expensive?

Sam D. wrote:

> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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>>On 08 Jan 2004 00:46:12 GMT, (Cdonahey41) wrote:
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>>>The price went way up before the mad cow problems/ Since there is lot of

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> beef
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>>>that can no longer be exported, this should indicate the price of beef

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> will go
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>>>down. You know greater supply, lower price kind of reasoning. I just

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> paid
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>>>$3.29 for ground chuck recently.

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>>Think of them as cigarettes. The less poeple smoke, the higher the
>>price.

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We bought a hind quarter *just* before the mad cow report came out and
paid $2.69/lb custom cut and custom vacuum sealed. I didn't think that
was bad. Now I *think* we have enough to last until the dust settles
from this fiasco. :^)