According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, meat costs about 20% more than it did in 2021, and analysts expect prices to keep going up before they come back down. And that is the country wide average increase on meat prices. So, according to your analysis and experience, either you live in a meat pricing Nirvana, or you live in a fantasy land. As far as the rest of the country is concerned, the prices of beef, other meats, poultry, wheat products, etc., have risen at very high rates over the last 12 months.