On Tue, 29 May 2012 08:28:08 -0400, "Big Jim" >
wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 28 May 2012 19:20:47 -0500, ceed wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> For the first time in recent history I had to pay more than $2/lb for
>>> brisket (untrimmed). Last year I paid $.99/lb, but this year the lowest I
>>> could find was $2.12/lb.
>>
>> It's been pretty solid at $2.18 all year (Walmart and HEB) up until
>> last week it went up to $2.36. I check the brisket prioces almost
>> every time I go to the stores. HEB and Walmart pretty much match the
>> price of each other on most foods (that I pay attention to).
>>
>> Brisket was never $.99/lb last year except on sale. Market prices
>> were much higher than that all over the country. If anybody was
>> selling it at $.99/lb then they were selling it at a loss. Last year
>> it was $1.58 first half of the year, $1.77 later in the year.
>>
>> -sw
>
> If you call that North, then the prices from here are all the hell and
>gone to Canada
>$2.68 last time I was at Sam's couple weeks ago.
>BeeJay
>

I go to a german butcher shop that raises their own and still does the
slaughtering on premises......paid $5.85 for prime brisket.






Shinglhed
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