bcoop...what do you think of this steak ager?

[Brandon-k]

Any updates on this?

[BradM]

I heard it turns primals into Arby's gelatinous goo!

[yellowstang]

Musta been horrible, no pics or update, he probably will gag at this thread being at the top again.

[mstng86]

Has he posted since he last said he'd post pic's? Maybe he got food poisoning!

Yes he has. In the Engineer battle royale thread.

[yellowstang]

Pics!?!?! We want an invite!!!

Has he posted since he last said he'd post pic's? Maybe he got food poisoning!

[juiceweezl]

Today is day 21. Slicing it up and grilling it tomorrow. I'll post pics Sunday.

Pics!?!?! We want an invite!!!

[bcoop]

Today is day 21. Slicing it up and grilling it tomorrow. I'll post pics Sunday.

[mstng86]

Its been 9 days...update?

[Baron Von Crowder]

They say futures are going to free fall. I'm not going to pretend I know anything about futures, but we are STILL paying for the ethanol mandate, and that went in to effect what, a decade ago? I see it taking 5-6 years for things to normalize.

Fwiw, pork prices dropped somewhere around 60% over a few months after seeing record highs a couple years ago. So it could happen. I'm not buying it though

I still casually keep track. It's somewhat simple to see though. Drought, hay prices go up. Cows were selling cheap at auctions due to ranchers not wanting to feed hay since there wasnt any rain for natural grazing. Others just didnt breed or buy and steady sold, so heard numbers dropped. It just cost too much. Not as many cows, price goes up for beef, especially since it cost more to raise.

Now that pastures have come back, and hay is back to "normal" pricing, cows are getting bred, ranchers are buying again. That's keeping hoof prices up, since they are in demand again. My buddy bought several calves, one of them being a bull. Back when I was in the mix, the majority bulls were castrated and steers were meat market fodder, but apparently bulls are in high demand at the moment. He traded the bull for a mature, bred cow, with the use of the bull for life.

the last steer I sold was 1.25/lb on the hoof in 01, and it's running somewhere in the ~$2/lb today.

[bcoop]

It'll take a couple years to get back down from the drought, lots of people sold rather than pay high hay prices.

They say futures are going to free fall. I'm not going to pretend I know anything about futures, but we are STILL paying for the ethanol mandate, and that went in to effect what, a decade ago? I see it taking 5-6 years for things to normalize.

Fwiw, pork prices dropped somewhere around 60% over a few months after seeing record highs a couple years ago. So it could happen. I'm not buying it though

[Baron Von Crowder]

Beef isn't coming down any time soon. They're making up for what was lost with the drought.

It'll take a couple years to get back down from the drought, lots of people sold rather than pay high hay prices.

[Craizie]

Man, I haven't shopped for beef since last year right after Halloween. I stocked my freezer up and will have to do so again in the spring. Hopefully it comes back down, I haz to have my beef...

I went halfzies on a cow about two years ago. The cost with the freezer came out to about $3.75 per lb.

[bcoop]

Man, I haven't shopped for beef since last year right after Halloween. I stocked my freezer up and will have to do so again in the spring. Hopefully it comes back down, I haz to have my beef...

Beef isn't coming down any time soon. They're making up for what was lost with the drought.

[Rick Modena]

Man, I haven't shopped for beef since last year right after Halloween. I stocked my freezer up and will have to do so again in the spring. Hopefully it comes back down, I haz to have my beef...

[DON SVO]

Yep. I've seen prime strips there occasionally but it's hit or miss.

I know I've seen prime ribeye there at least twice, because Ashley and I literally laughed out loud at the pricing. I want to say it was 15-16/lb.