Support your local butcher. Buy it by the cow (full/half/quarter), it will cost more upfront but you'll certainly notice the savings in groceries. You'll never be able to buy an 18oz steak for $4/lb in the grocery store. Plus, the beef you get there usually sucks
We are getting screwed by the meat processing industry --- not the lack of cattle.
Support your local butcher. Buy it by the cow (full/half/quarter), it will cost more upfront but you'll certainly notice the savings in groceries. You'll never be able to buy an 18oz steak for $4/lb in the grocery store. Plus, the beef you get there usually sucks
You still need a slaughterhouse and carcass processing --- that's the bottleneck.