Today SW Iowa 80% lean ground beef $5.99, sirloin steak $4.99

[IADEMO2004]

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[FarPoint]

1. Well...apply basic cooking techniques....

Grind up the sirloin if you want ground beef. KitchenAid had a terrific attachment for the home chef...attachment goes on the stand mixer.Actually... this will be a great burger ad well.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. True, but this doesn't exactly address the implicit question.

[FarPoint]

3. Price gouging due to popularity....

That's my guess. Ground beef can be used to make a meal for a small family verses a steak per person.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. So what stops the butcher from grinding the sirloin into extra-lean hamburger?

I often buy ground sirloin instead of the "lesser" forms of ground beef, and am largely repaid by the reduced waste fat, as well as a better flavor.

But then we always try to buy local pastured beef rather than feedlot critters.

[IADEMO2004]

7. Venison in the freezer will grind up just fine.

[FarPoint]

8. I don't recall having ground venison myself.

I sense it would be great. Don't know what fat to cut it with??? I have had ground Buffalo many times...made burgers..used bacon for the fat flavor...

[IADEMO2004]

10. I've only it in casseroles and meat sauces never attempted a burger patty

[exboyfil]

5. Steak can be cut up and put in a stir fry

Make fajitas (which I am eating right now). You do not need to serve a huge steak to each person. Mix that puppy with lots of vegetables. It goes further and is healthier for your. I try to target $4/lb for sirloin, but I have been paying $5/lb lately.

[IADEMO2004]

9. We had them last week.

[IADEMO2004]

6. Took a while but I found this

http://www.beefcentral.com/trade/article/4188

Part of the reason why US cattle and beef prices have rallied so much in recent weeks is because end-users have been caught-short and are now looking to cover those shorts in a very tight cattle market. As a result of these trends, US wholesale ground beef prices have spiked, hitting all-time record highs on limited supplies and inelastic retail demand. The sharp rise in wholesale ground beef prices should drive retail ground beef prices higher for the remainder of 2014, analysts said last week. -


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