They’ve tried. Wendy’s QSCC has tried. Walmart is trying. It’s hard to be a beef packer. You have to sell the rest of the animal too, and now you’re just a filthy beef packer yourself. Also sadly impossible to interface with ranchers direct, still must be fed out at a feed yard.
OP didn’t say it, but Amazon also forces agreements with sellers not to list same items cheaper elsewhere online which is monopolistic.
I get the nuance you are communicating though.
You can tell most of the comment section never reads past the headline
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Cattle retention has not even begun yet, you’re absolutely correct. There will be 2+ more years of higher beef prices, we’re still slaughtering more than are being born therefore cattle prices will continue to rise on a macro level.