• If you are having problems logging in please use the Contact Us in the lower right hand corner of the forum page for assistance.

Ranchers.net

I've seen "worthless 50/50 trim" tossed about several times. I'd like to know who is trying to fool who, because I'm not buying the notion that it is worthless, or worth 8 cents as SH says.

In today's grocery flyer, shoulder roast is $1.99. Ground beef is $1.79, and I'm assuming it is 70%. If I have 100 lbs. of that "worthless trim", I would have to add 65 lbs of that shoulder roast to bring it up to 70/30 so I could sell it for $1.79. I now have 165 lbs of burger that I'm selling for 1.79 - this grosses me $295.35. Subtracting my roast expense of $129.35 leaves me with $166.00. That 100lbs. of "worthless trim" had value after all - $1.66/lb.

I realize this isn't perfect as I haven't accounted for grinding and mixing expense, but I think we can all see that trim is not worthless, and is certainly worth more than 8 cents. The questions that beg to be asked is; Why are we being BSed and should we have any reason to believe anything else from those that tell us that trim is worthless?
Top