When I'm at the butcher shop there looks to be very little usable stuff left.
Thats because they buy boxed beef and cut it for retail sale.
By law retail sales have to be USDA inspected.
94% of butcher shops are not usda inspected, so they buy usda inspected boxed beef from processors.
Boxed Beef Prices 4/13/2022
choice 600-900 lb carcasses 2.74 lb
select 600-900 lb 2.59 lb
don't want the whole carcass?
boxed primal loin graded choice 3.77 lb select 3.44 lb
primal rib choice 4.28 select 3.92 lb
lean trimmings 50% 1.27 lb
10 lb chubs ground beef 73% course 1.82 lb fine 2.00
10 lb chubs ground beef 93% course 3.83 lb fine 4.02 lb
and so on, for whatever parts you want.
Semi loads of boxed receive a discount and economy of scale works in favor of the big buyers.
grrr double posting, tried to delete without success, sorry