[RandFan]

What's going on with Beef?

Young people not consuming it.

There is nothing better than a good steak. It's so easy to cook as well so I'm surprised to hear this about the younger generation.

I love it!

[lurk]

Well, first of all there’s the price. I just saw five lbs of ribeye for $65.

[Jamestown1630]

Except for hamburgers and hot dogs (and the VERY occasional holiday tenderloin) I’m not a fan of beef. Lots of people just like other meats.

[MinorityRepublican]

Beef is now expensive.

[Nervous Tick]

“Falling appetite for beef is good news for the environment. Beef produces 10 times the greenhouse gas emissions of poultry or pig meat and between 20 and 60 times more than many plant-based forms of protein.”

In the second paragraph they expose their REAL agenda; reading the rest of the silly, dodgy article confirms it.

[algore]

my neighbors parents had a ranch, we would always buy at least 1/2 a cow from them every year.

I ate next door a lot too cause they liked to do lots of barbecues.

even expensive steak houses do not compare

[Jonty30]

Beef is not a cheap meat anymore. That’s basically it.

[Ransomed]

They are going to attempt to make it a luxury item because they say it requires the most resources to produce and thus hurts the environment the most. Enjoy the crickets, peasants...

Freegards

[wgmalabama]

Price point. Steak is a real treat in most houses today. At $4-6 per pound for grand beef … tacos are getting a bit pricey. Processors are the ones gouging us. It’s not the producers.

[Dr. Sivana]

what surprised Rose was just how few people were responsible for most of the beef consumption.

That's me.

If young people aren't eating beef, what does one make of hamburgers being the mainstay of McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Jack In the Box, Steak 'n' Shake, Whataburger, Hardee's/Carl's Jr., etc.

Yes, chicken has risen in popularity, and it is cheaper, but beef isn't exactly disappearing, and it is more compatible with the modern low-carb/keto diets than it was with the low-fat diets of the '80s and '90s.

[central_va]

The local Food Lion has a “financing available” sign above the meat counter.

[CatOwner]

For Christmas Eve, we’re having a slow-cooked pot roast along with our ham. We used to have just turkey at Thanksgiving and ham at Christmas, but we’re added pot roast the past five years. It’s actually the favorite main course now at the holidays and occasionally during the year.

[daniel1212]

just 12 percent of people surveyed accounted for half of the total beef consumed. People who ate a lot of beef were more likely to be male and aged 50 to 65—roughly correlating with the baby boomer generation.

It is partly another result of contraceptives, and thus loss of culture for bad or good.

In its heyday according to a Boston Globe article dated October 11, 2013, the Hilltop served more than 20,000 customers a week and grossed an estimated $27 million a year. When I was younger I can recall the long lines waiting to get in. In fact I know that I was in those lines a few times over the years. Ironically, Denise and I moved to Saugus 13 years ago this coming December 1st and we actually have not eaten at the restaurant since before we moved from Medford. In recent years due to changing demographics as well as increased competition for the dining dollar, patronage of the restaurant has gone way down.

The Hilltop was opened in 1961 by Frank Giuffrida with seating for 125 patrons. With expansions in the late 1960’s bringing the seating to 1200 with 5 function rooms, it became without a doubt, the largest restaurant in the area with 70,000 sq. ft. A later addition housed the Hilltop Butcher Shop.

https://dinerhotline.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/goodbye-to-hilltop-steak-house/

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Where I am, NoCal, there are very few steaks better than very lean 90-94% hamburger @ $7-8. I’m pretty resistant to paying $18-$19 lb for a good steak. And the quality even at those high price points is spotty. It’s entirely possible to get a chewy, bland piece of hide, which will piss me off for the evening. If you think you can get something priced in between, much of the time the meat is just vile, you really takes your chances.

[Secret Agent Man]

Almost never eat chicken.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

I had two bumper stickers that drove the libs at San Francisco State University nuts. Well.....yes...... Liberalism is a Mental Disorder. These bumper stickers just assisted with their ultimate mental disorder.

The first one was:

“I Love Animals, They’re Delicious!

The second one was a great version of PETA

People Eating Tasty Animals.

I kept a supply of Beef Jerky in the car in case I was approached by the wackos.

[Sequoyah101]

Good! That leaves more for me!

We hung a bull last year, 1,200 lbs on the rack! I thought it would be tougher than old army boots but it was and still is good! Marinate a steak long enough and you can make an ear cow tender.

[Sequoyah101]

I'll add, when I was growing up we got a whole calf every year and put it up at the locker, no freezer back then. I grew up eating lots of beef.

Sure expensive now though. We bought $15,000 worth of hay for this winter, never before. There are cubes and protein and mineral on top of that. It takes about 5 large round bales per cow to winter over. You can feed them well or leave them for the coyotes and buzzards or bury them. This year is mild so far but serious feeding time is coming.

Lots of people sold out this last summer in the drought so you don't see a lot of cows on pasture around here now. We have seen a lot of ground sold to outsiders who won't allow people to graze under the old terms as well. I can see their point but don't like the change to the way things were. Old ways are dying as fast as the old timers. I see lots of houses empty in rural areas now. We will see those unused and maintained pastures go to weeds and brush without mowing and spraying. It is amazing how fast nature takes things back. You also can't believe how expensive and time consuming it is to renovate land. I bought some more this summer and will spend the next two years in an intensive effort to get it back in production and looking nice.

Fourth quarter for me now. Relatively speaking, it won't be long before someone else takes care of this land.

[Steven Scharf]

It is true, American meat consumption has gone down by 34 million pounds. In 1975 the American population was approximately 214,878,866 (I had to estimate between 1970 and 1980) ate an average of 89 lbs ate 19,124,219,030 lbs.

In 2023 the American population was approximately 334,914,895 ate an average of 57 lbs ate 19,090,149,015 lbs.

A difference of 34,070,015 lbs which is a rounding error when you are talking about billions.

[fini]

I am a gray hair. I never cared for beef. I did not dislike it. I just did not consider it worth the price. Then about 20 years ago, a friend gave me a cut of grass fed cow. It was like finding a room that you never knew existed before. I was wonderful. I pay a premium for grass few beef and consider it a good value.

[Freedom4US]

They can’t afford to eat beef.

Unless they are on “welfare”. Imagine huge shopping carts, stuffed overfilled with steaks, chops, roasts, stew meat, more meat than you’ve bought in the last 5 years in a single cart.

That’s one reason or partly why nobody can afford it.