"Cdonahey41" > wrote in message
...
> The price went way up before the mad cow problems/ Since there is lot of
beef
> that can no longer be exported, this should indicate the price of beef
will go
> down. You know greater supply, lower price kind of reasoning. I just
paid
> $3.29 for ground chuck recently.
>
> Does anybody know why the price of beef has skyrocketed? I presume people
have
> been buying less, and would buy more if the price went down.

Expensive is a relative term based upon your disposable/discretionary
income. Although prices have increased recently since we use the open market
system usually there is a supply and demand situation.

Dimitri