What's your price per pound for brisket?

Miked125

I live in Canada and have one good butcher where I live and it's $5.49/pound. It's a little up from last year, what does everyone else pay?

bigalsworth

I just bought one from pineview farms near osler and it was $6:02 I believe.  Its tricky finding them in good ol' sask, wish we could get it in a grocery store like our southern brothers.

Not sure if I would go with Pineview again, the one I got was very narrow and long, no idea if that is good or bad but the flat was fairly thick at least.  I had to basically double it over to fit on my large.

Scottborasjr

For a packet or a flat? Flats are anywhere from 5-9.99 per pound. Packers average 4-7 per pound. Got a couple packers for 2.99 per pound last week for select which I'm fine with.

evie1370

I have been seeing briskets for about 7.99-9.99 a lb., way too high IMO. I have not bought any in about a year because of this. If I could find anything around the price point you all are getting I would gladly purchase. Even Costco is high at about $7.99. These are all 'flat' prices, packers are extremely hard to find.

egzilla

I paid  $3.67 a lb. for a USDA Prime Packer at Costco last week

fishlessman

ive been seeing them 6 to 9 dollars a pound lately and what makes no sense to me is corned points are 3 and corned flats are 2 dollars a pound. this is in newengland where ribeye can be found cheaper

Chubbs

egzilla said:

I paid  $3.67 a lb. for a USDA Prime Packer at Costco last week

Damn. TX?

Legume

$3.49 for prime packer at Costco in Austin this week and they're all huge.

Ozzie_Isaac

Seen it as high as $8.99/lb .... crazy high.  Same thing with skirt steak.  All the trash cuts are getting pricey.

Tenderizer

Austin HEBs they go for $2.79 packer, but not great quality..Costco $3.50ish prime...mucho bettero.

jones2289

Costco had prime packers for $3.99 / lb today, and choice flats were $5.99, I believe.  This was in Indianapolis. 

lkapigian

Just spent $96.00 on a 15 pound Select Packer

SmokinBass

I bought a Choice Packer last week for $6.99 / lb at NY Butcher Shop in ATL.  I think it was pricey but it sure was good.

KiterTodd

$9/lbs.

After intel from this forum, I'm now on the lookout for lower prices and will buy to freeze anytime I see a good cut under $6.

Or, as was suggested to me in another thread, if I have to pay $9/lbs, I may as well just buy from SRF online.

YEMTrey

evie1370 said:

I have been seeing briskets for about 7.99-9.99 a lb., way too high IMO. I have not bought any in about a year because of this. If I could find anything around the price point you all are getting I would gladly purchase. Even Costco is high at about $7.99. These are all 'flat' prices, packers are extremely hard to find.

@evie1370  , I'm also in Cincinnati and you can sometimes find full packers at GFS for around $3.89/lb.  You can also join KCBS for $20/year and get an annual membership to Restaurant Depot.  I was just there this weekend and packers were $3.19/lb.

Carolina Q

I don't even like brisket and I normally don't see packers here anyway, but a couple of days ago, I happened to notice a Choice 17 pounder at Walmart. As far as I can recall, the only packer I have ever seen up here. It was only $2.96 a pound, but 50 bucks? For a brisket? Not gonna happen.

On top of which, and I never noticed this before, it had 16 g of saturated fat! In a lousy 4 oz serving! That's 79% of the recommended limit for the day, so I wouldn't eat it anyway. Sodium's good though, until you add the 50/50 salt and pepper rub. Last time I bought a brisket, I didn't have to pay attention to that kind of stuff. Now, doc says I do.

Anyway, y'all enjoy. I'm out.

Brisket_Fanatic

$3.68 per pound for Prime Grade whole packers at Sam's Club!

DoubleEgger

lkapigian said:

Just spent $96.00 on a 15 pound Select Packer

You're better off ordering SRF Black for that kinda money

SmyrnaGA

99 cents a lb for a corned beef brisket.  Picked up this 9 lb one.  Just trimmed it and it's a small flat and point.

XC242

Tha last few weeks I've seen prime packers here in the Madison area for $3.75 - 4.00 per pound. 

Grillin_beers

I can't ever find a packer.  Last time I did it was 9.99 a pound.  Flats are around that much too.  They just aren't really popular in SC.  I would love to pay 2-5 a pound for them.  

nolaegghead

Prime packers are $3.49 here at Costco.  Been that price for a while, I think I've cooked 5 in the past 5 months.

BizGreenEgg

Had a sale on select packers at a restaurant supply store a couple weeks ago for $2.99/lb, they're usually around $3.60/lb.  Normal grocery store had small choice packers for $7.99/lb.

DoubleEgger

Does anybody know if Costco in Atlanta (Kennesaw specifically) carries prime packers? 

YYZegger

I live in Toronto, and you have to go to a butcher to get a full brisket, hard to find at grocery stores and Costco doesn't carry them around here. Fancy butcher shops like Cumbraes sells them for $10.99 / lb, pretty expensive x15lbs. But it's all naturally raised etc etc, and very tasty, just very expensive. 

Walt2015

$3.30/lb at RD in Memphis. Sam's is 3.49/lb. both choice. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Local butcher was clearing house.  Had CAB briskets for $1.19/lb ....don't know what CAB is so I passed it up.

DoubleEgger

@Ozzie_Isaac F.O.S. 

NCEggSmoker

I haven't seen a full packer of any grade or price in months. Raleigh is not so good for brisket. Great for pork though. 

Hawg Fan

Sam's Club here in a Tulsa for $3.89 lb for USDA Choice.

tisoypops

I got a choice brisket at heb Memorial Day weekend for 1.77/lb.