It is likely costing you more to buy that hamburger, beef roast or steak at the supermarket these days.
meet a woman who’s giving up her job to save a local domestic violence shelter and other key employees, still to come. >>> well, have you noticed how much more it costs to by hamburg or steak? >> beef prices are soaring right now. koin local 6 reporter ken boddie is live now at otto’s sausage kitchen in southeast portland with more on this, and beef is more of a luxury item these days isn’t it? >> it really is, and markets like this try not to pass all the costs onto you but in some cases, it’s just inevitable. look this ground beef here, $3.99 a pound. a year ago this time, it was about $3.49, about a 10% difference. we wanted to find out why there’s so much of an increase so we went right to the source. >> beef is the family’s business for the gosselins. they’ve run this cattle ranch outside hillsboro since the EARLY 1960s BUT THESE DAYS, it’s hard to make a profit because the cost of
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