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- Record-high beef prices are forcing Texas barbecue joints like Brett’s BBQ Shop and Sweetie Pie’s Ribeyes to close.
- Wholesale brisket now costs $5-$6 per pound, pushing cooked-meat over $10 per pound and brisket to $36 per pound, with meals up to $100.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened investigations into anti-competitive meatpacking as USDA forecasts a 12.1% rise in beef and veal prices this year after a 14.8% April jump.
