jdc1 wrote:
> As far as I know...cows and steers aren't an endangerd species.
> Damn...I can't even find a good roast in the supermarket now.
> Is it the grazing land that's no shrinking?
>
> I suppose it's too many ppl and not enough animals.
>

I'm not sure it's an issue to too many people (although there are too
many...) and not enough animals. And very few cattle that make it to
your neighborhood meglomart are grazed. They're all feed lot animals.

Meat production is a complex business involving complex economics.
There's feed costs, land use, transportation costs, processing costs,
insurance (meat processing is one of the most injury-prone jobs there
is), government regulatory overhead, built-in profit margins--lots of
factors go into the cost of meat.