COST OF LEAN AND OF TOTAL MEAT IN VARIOUS RETAIL CUTS 

 AT ABOUT RETAIL MARKET PRICES 



RETAIL CUTS 



Detail price per 

 pound of cut. 

 Lean, fat and 



bone combined. 



Cost per Ib. of 



only the lean 



and fat meat 



combined in cut. 



STEAKS : 



Porterhouse, hip bone $0.25 



Porterhouse, regular . .25 



Club steak .20 



Sirloin, butt-end .20 



Sirloin, round-bone .20 



Sirloin, double-bone .20 



Sirloin, hip-bone , .20 



Flank steak .16 



Round, first cut .15 



Round, middle cut .15 



Round, last cut .15 



Chuck, first cut .12 



Chuck, last cut .12 



ROASTS: 



Prime ribs, first cut .26 



Prime ribs, last cut .16 



Chuck, fifth rib .15 



Rump .12 



BOILING AND STEWING PIECES: 



Round pot roast .10 



Shoulder clod .10 



Shoulder pot roast .10 



Rib ends .08 



Brisket .08 



Navel .07 



Flank stew .07 



Fore shank stew .07 



Neck .06 



SOUP BONES: 



Hind shank, middle .05 



Hind shank, hock .05 



Fore shank, middle cut . .05 



Fore shank, end .05 



$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 



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