COST OF LEAN AND OF TOTAL MEAT IN VARIOUS RETAIL CUTS AT ABOUT 



RETAIL MARKET PRICES. 



Retail Cuts. 



Steaks 



Porterhouse, hip bone.. . 



Porterhouse, regular .. 



Club steak 



Sirloin, butt-end 



Sirloin, round-bone .... 



Sirloin, double-bone . . . 



Sirloin, hip-bone 



Flank steak 



Round, first cut 



Round, middle cut 



Round, last cut 



Chuck, first cut 



Chuck, last cut 



Roasts 



Prime ribs, first cut 



Prime ribs, last cut 



Chuck, fifth rib 



Rump 



Boiling and Stewing Pieces 



Round pot roast 



Shoulder clod 



Shoulder pot roast 



Rib ends 



Brisket 



Navel 



Flank stew 



Fore shank stew 



Neck 



Soup Bones 



Hind shank, middle cut. 



Hind shank, hock 



Fore shank, middle cut. 



Fore shank, end 



Diagram 



Number. 



See Fig. 86. 



8 



10 

 18 

 1 

 3 

 5 

 7 

 1 

 2 

 6 

 14 

 2 

 9 



1 

 4 



1 



1 



16 



14 



11 



3 



1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 IS 



18 



19 



2 



4 



Retail price 

 per lb. of cut. 

 Lean, fat and 

 bone com- 

 bined. 



$0.25 

 .25 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .16 

 .15 

 .15 

 .15 

 .12 

 .12 



.26 

 .16 

 .15 

 .12 



.10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .08 

 .08 

 .07 

 .07 

 .07 

 .06 



.05 

 .05 

 .05 

 .05 



Cost per lb. 



of only the 



lean meat in 



cut. 



$0.39 

 .40 

 .32 

 .25 

 .28 

 .29 

 .32 

 .19 

 .17 

 .17 

 .19 

 .18 

 .16 



.40 

 26 

 .23 

 .19 



.12 

 .12 

 .14 

 .16 

 .15 

 .13 

 .11 

 .08 

 .08 



.07 

 .62 

 .12 

 .29 



Cost per lb. 



of only the 

 lean and fat 



meat com- 

 bined in cut. 



$0.29 

 .27 

 .23 

 .21 

 .21 

 .23 

 .24 

 .16 

 .15 

 .16 

 .16 

 .14 

 .13 



.23 

 .19 

 .17 

 .13 



.10 

 .10 

 .12 

 .09 

 .09 

 .08 

 .07 

 .07 

 07 



.06 

 .26 

 .09 

 .30 



151 



