Yes, they're global actually
Stanks Switch It Up In 2019
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Oh yea, walk in and go to work. Sharpen em up soon. I remember delivering to the meat packing zone in Boston in the 70's. Those boys were daunting all bloody with their knives in hand. They'd cut me a bunch of tips and send me on my way. Good guys. It's not the same now, everything's in a box they say.
Big factory farms do most of it these days. Kroger mainly does custom cuts, primal are already cut and trimmed.
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I can't even find a real butcher up here. They have meat stores but again not the same as the butcher shops back down south.
Very few butchers these days, they're all "meatcutters" Tyson pretty much has a monopoly on meats in North America. They don't want competition
It's tough. Same here. Well they're here but too exclusive. Good steak tips go for 18.00 a lb and any prime is 24 and up. Costco's been a haven for pretty good beef at a price I can spend now and then.
I used to love going to the butcher shop as a kid. But then I was down south of Massachusetts, in New York City, in the 1960s.
Costco has the best meat at the best prices here in L.A.
Back in the day it was every neighborhood had a butcher with a custom shop. Hard to do now days.
Oh we had them in every hood in the city too , and bakeries. I can't find them either. It's the old man thing coming on I think.
I miss the finer ratings - Prime, Choice, etc. Now they have whatever they have.
I'd be willing to pay double for the occasional Prime cuts ...
I'd be willing to pay double for the occasional Prime cuts ...
I gotta go. Be well and employed.
Prime accounts for 4% of US production, rarely will it go to a box store grocery. Most goes to restaurants.
Last prime cut I had was venison backstrap. Marinated and slow cooked on a charcoal grill.
We have a butcher that will drive to Omaha for their sides. They'll occasionally pick up a Prime for a special order, and I can get some cuts then.
Grab them wherever you can, that’s a good hookup!
The majority of the worlds prime beef comes from New Zealand.
Good luck Penny!
I made a nice beef connection through weed. A dude my brother knows smoked some fine HB weed as was so intrigued he wanted to meet. We talked soil, animal health and how it's all related. He is into his cows like I'm into my weed. He's in negotiation with the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers to provide them beef. I guess they have specific needs for specific players. I didn't realize he can manipulate the fats based on feeding. Some have higher than normal Omega 3 fats and other custom requirement I don't quite understand. It was fascinating listening to him talk nutrition and cows. Needless to say we've made an arrangement...I provide him quality bud and he gives me prime beef cuts. I gotta say his steaks are the best I've ever had.
I made a nice beef connection through weed. A dude my brother knows smoked some fine HB weed as was so intrigued he wanted to meet. We talked soil, animal health and how it's all related. He is into his cows like I'm into my weed. He's in negotiation with the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers to provide them beef. I guess they have specific needs for specific players. I didn't realize he can manipulate the fats based on feeding. Some have higher than normal Omega 3 fats and other custom requirement I don't quite understand. It was fascinating listening to him talk nutrition and cows. Needless to say we've made an arrangement...I provide him quality bud and he gives me prime beef cuts. I gotta say his steaks are the best I've ever had.
Now THAT's a valuable connection! 
Prime for prime - I like it!
Prime for prime - I like it!
Yes big difference between prime and choice.