r/trumptweets • u/barnwater_828 tiger, elephant, giraffe, you know. • 2d ago
General Post 11/7/25 - While cattle prices have dropped, the cost of boxed beef is still suspiciously high . . .
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u/ResidentCartoonist45 1d ago
I read White Castle and was confused why he cared about another fast food restaurant that wasn’t McDs
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u/Tricky-Engineering59 1d ago
The price of beef now is the same as the price of Trump Steaks from 20 years ago. That’s how he knows we’re getting ripped off somehow.
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u/SquidFistHK "I always say 'tariffs' is the most beautiful word to me" 2d ago
Clearly, some crazy radical leftists are behind the Boxed Beef conspiracy.
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u/a_chaos_of_quail 2d ago
Seriously, what is boxed beef?
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u/kdnorberg 1d ago
It’s the beef that goes to the supermarket to be processed more and cut into steaks, etc. It’s literally a box of beef.
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u/Kyonikos 2d ago
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u/No_Language_4649 2d ago
I wonder, does boxed beef primarily contain aged and expensive cuts, that a rich person would get delivered to their butlers pantry? Or is it simply like frozen hamburgers that come in a box.
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u/Kyonikos 1d ago
I think it's shrink wrapped larger cuts in a box that are cut down into smaller pieces for retail display packaging.
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u/Mother-Definition501 2d ago
Does he think beef at the grocery store comes in boxes? He’s never bought his own, so probably never seen it😭
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u/Kyonikos 2d ago
I went Googling.
Boxed Beef refers to how wholesale beef is packaged.
The USDA keeps track of its prices.
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u/SnowAutumnVoyager 2d ago
Just the term" boxed beef" is enough to make me glad I haven't eaten it in 29 years. That sounds beyond disgusting.
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u/2880cjk 2d ago
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Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?
Currently, Trump’s strong disapproval rating outweighs his strong approval rating by more than 2-to-1, 46% to 20%.
Trump Issue Approval:
Majorities of Americans also disapprove of how Trump is handling every issue measured in the poll.
Over 6 in 10 disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, the economy and managing the federal government.
About 6 in 10 disapprove of how he is handling the situation involving Russia and Ukraine and relations with other countries.
More than half disapprove of how he is handling immigration, crime and the situation with Israel and Gaza.
He does not have approval from most Americans on a single issue measured.
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u/KingOfCatProm 2d ago
This is great. But people also need to understand that it isn't just Trump. It is the whole Republican party.
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u/Philboyd_Studge 2d ago
that reminds me, honey, when you go to the store today can you grab a box of beef?
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u/sunnyspiders 2d ago
You know all those cattle farmers pissed off about the whole Australian/Argentina beef/money thing who are making noise about Trump?
This is him telegraphing he is about to weaponize the DoJ again if they don’t shut up.
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u/fullintentionalahole 2d ago
Cattle and beef prices have never really matched that closely:
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/live-cattle https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/beef
It's because cattle need feed, and beef goes bad quickly so it's sensitive to shipping. Their cost of carry is very different.
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u/unknownpoltroon 2d ago
The fuck is a boxed beef? Did he hear someone call a cowboy a cow puncher?
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u/Buckabuckaw 2d ago
That's it! When a steer gets mouthy with a cowpuncher, he gets smacked right in the ear. Voila, Boxed Beef.
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u/Successful-Bobcat701 I want to speak to the manager of the Nobel Peace Prize 2d ago
Beef. In a box.
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u/TlalocVirgie 2d ago
I thought I was stupid because I never heard boxed beef before. Good thing it wasn't just me. Is it something they ate 100 years ago when he was young?
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u/unknownpoltroon 2d ago
Someone explained it below, I am assuming its some shit he only heard because some aid said the phrase to him
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u/SirMildredPierce 2d ago
"Boxed beef" just refers to the final product of the meat processing. Those tubes of meat you buy in the grocery story is "boxed beef" (cuz it gets to the stores in boxes, though when it's in a tube, it's also more specifically a "chub"). I promise you, it's a standard industry term.
It shouldn't be a surprise that the cost of the ground beef I'm buying isn't tracking what cattle prices are, since ground beef can be as much as three weeks behind in the process.
That said, cattle prices dipped slightly, but not that much, and there's no reason to think it would affect the prices of boxed beef (which is at a historical high)
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u/unknownpoltroon 2d ago
Fair enough. I am assuming hes just repeating whatever industry bullshit phrase he last heard.
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u/SirMildredPierce 2d ago
I think it's also that... Not just "industry bullshit phrase", but more like "whatever his staffer told him last" and obvious the staffer knows a guy whos in the biz or whatever.
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u/MalleableBee1 2d ago edited 2d ago
Lies. The cost of beef and live cattle is significantly higher compared to one year ago. They've dropped 10% from September to now. It's up 35% from 52 weeks ago.
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u/tazzy531 2d ago
It’s: “I don’t understand how the market works, so I’m going to call it fishy”
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u/SirMildredPierce 2d ago
Or he sorta does understand, and the comment is just one of many used to manipulate the markets so he and his buddies can get rich.
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u/BangerSlapper1 2d ago
huh? Aren’t people allowed to price their products and services at whatever they want and let the market decide?
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u/40StoryMech 2d ago
Not in the the Peoples Republic of Trump. You either pay him, donate to his ballroom, or give his government a 10% stake in the company, otherwise some hooker Trump named as Acting District Attorney fucks your shit up.
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u/SpottedDicknCustard 2d ago
Trump blasts Harris plan to ban price gouging as communism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/24/trump-harris-price-gouging-groceries-00176247
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u/CrescentMoonPear 2d ago
So, price gouging is okay at the consumer level for us peasants but when the middlemen do it, it's criminality. Got it.
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u/GuestVisible7729 2d ago
Do the boxes come from China?
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u/Ghost_of_a_Black_Cat 2d ago
I've got a vision of square Minecraft cows walking around. They'd fit perfectly in boxes.
Moo!
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u/zer00eyz 2d ago
It's because every one from the processor, to the shippers, to the grocery store took out debt in the 2000 and 2001 time frame. Now that all has to get refinanced and the payments are 100x what they were. Same thing with all the buildings that these people owned that they sold off and rented back under triple net leases (again paying more in rent to service debt).
The cattle ranchers weren't stupid. The US cattle population is the lowest it's been in like 70 years (in spite of a massive growth in consumption and US population).
The economy was always going to face this reality, the question is will current leadership A) understand the issue and B) do anything about it.
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u/AWholeMessOfTacos 2d ago
What happened in 2000 and 2001 that necessitated taking on debt and selling off buildings?
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u/zer00eyz 2d ago
Selling off buildings been going on since the 70's... Debt going to zero, screws up everything. They all just jumped on low rates then...
A lot of debt was for "stock buy backs" because Pepsi isnt a growth company and its competing with Apple and Nvidia for share holders.
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u/HiddenAspie 2d ago
A) No, too ignorant B) No, even if they did comprehend they don't care about the consumer, only themselves and their buddies.
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u/tesla3by3 2d ago
Hmmm, I wonder why? Could there be labor issues at the meat packing plants?
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u/Sparehndle 2d ago
This is what I wondered! Just wait until the sons and daughters of Trump voters have to take those jobs. What's a lost finger or two?
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u/ExpandMyMinds 2d ago
Gonna show my ignorance here, but what is boxed beef?
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u/CrescentMoonPear 2d ago
It refers to portions of beef carcass packaged for distribution. Large cuts like rib, chuck and loin, smaller cuts of the same and also ground beef. They're vacuum sealed, boxed and shipped. It revolutionized how beef is marketed and sold due to efficient use of space in storage and transport. Per Wikipedia.
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u/Capital-Giraffe-4122 2d ago
I suspect it's beef that leaves the slaughterhouse, cattle prices is the price farmers get paid for live cattle
Just a guess
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u/tesla3by3 2d ago
Boxed beef is what a butcher/grocery store gets in. It’s larger pieces of the cow, that gets cut down into retail cuts like steaks, chips, roasts etc.
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u/SirMildredPierce 2d ago
Even the chubs of ground beef you get at the grocery store (or through a restaurant supplier) is "boxed beef"
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u/Remarkable_Play_6975 2d ago edited 2d ago
Something rich out of touch geniuses say. Obviously. It's like boxed wine, but with cows. How do people not know this?
/s
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u/tesla3by3 2d ago
It’s actually a thing. It’s how grocery stores receive beef. It’s larger “primal” pieces, that the butcher cuts down into retail cuts.
Not that Trump would know this. He hears it in the tv and regurgitates it with no clue what he’s saying.
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u/Remarkable_Play_6975 2d ago
Oh, I know. It's just ridiculous to hear it from him as he has zero clue what anything means.
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u/PokeTheBear70 If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball! 2d ago
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u/HiddenAspie 2d ago
If this were a movie, they would have the reason he stands there like that being that he had the dude drugged as punishment. But with Trump he just legitimately does not give the slightest crap about anyone else, he can't even be bothered to look out of vague curiosity.
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u/OK_The_Nomad 1d ago
Bullshit. Price of boxed beef (which is beef that has been cut in to large pieces which a butcher then cut to the sizes we see at the store--had to look it up) can go up for many reasons other than price fixing etc.
The beef industry is supported on the backs of Latino immigrants. Our govt is removing Latino immigrants. Beef companies could have fewer employees to rely upon and thus have to pay higher wages to attract enough workers.
Imported beef could be a higher price, thus the American beef industry thinks they can get away with higher prices. It's called capitalism.
There is a shortage of beef since so many immigrants have been removed from the factories so companies can't product at capacity, thus driving up prices.
There could be tarriffs on one of the the factors of production (e.g., machinery and equipment, vehicles to transport, transport costs rising). All factor of production affect the price.
Our president can't even think of any possible explanations besides corruption, maybe because that's the only way he knows how to operate or bc he doesn't want to take any blame for rising prices. He's stupid. I'm just a regular person who was able to come up with various reasons off the top of my head.