U.S. beef prices have been stubbornly high for a variety of reasons, including drought and reduced imports from Mexico due to a flesh-eating pest in cattle herds there.

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    5 hours ago

    Also, if the dollar is weakening, that makes US-ranched beef relatively cheaper on world markets (assuming some idiot didn’t slap tariffs on beef imports, triggering retaliatory tariffs from back-stabbed trading partners).