A meme circulating on the internet, likely started by R-CALF, goes like this: Ok, a 1300-pound animal is bought for $0.95 per pound by the packers and 40 percent of the animal is waste, which leaves 780 pounds of meat. Now take that 780 pounds multiplied by the retail price of $7.79 per pound and the total value is $6,076.20! After deducting the original cost of the animal at $1,235.00, it becomes clear that the big four meat packers plus the retailers are making a whopping $4,841.20, which is four times what the rancher made for producing all that meat. Both the rancher and the consumer are getting screwed. This of course totally ignores the labor- and capital-intensive contributions of the packer and retailer in converting the animal in...
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