🥩 Wholesale beef prices rose 29% from 2020 to 2024
🥩 Retail beef prices rose 26% over the same period
As of 2025, ground beef reached $6.25 per pound & beef prices are up over 11% year-over-year, nearly quadruple the overall food inflation rate. The USDA projects wholesale beef prices will increase another 10.5% in 2025
