Another Downer Beef…

[Michael_in_TX]

...because there's only two brisket per cow, it makes the supply of brisket what economists call "inelastic."

Brisket is a by product. Cattle are raised for all the other cuts of beef, not brisket. They can't increase supply just because demand for brisket increases.

This is a very interesting point....and the one you made later that if brisket availability is increased to where the price drops, the market would be oversaturated with steaks, which is not a good thing for anyone with a relatively highly perishable product.

[Jerod Broussard]

Once they start growing them in the lab....BAM! Elastic....literally.

[Lynn Dollar]

The saving grace has to be, that they sell far more of cuts other than brisket.

[DaveD]

Paid $10.99/lb yesterday for a chuck roast and a London broil/eye round. My notes show chuck at $6.99-8.49/lb in 2022-23.