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quite rapidly. It s quite possible to have a one, or two or more cents/pound difference from day to day. Most retail store operators operate differently. Price changes are less frequent. In fact, except for specials, they prefer steady prices. So, they tend to hold the line for a while at each end of a farm price move. They move upward slowier; they move downward slower. Often it appears they change little or none. Last but not least, retail grocers have more control over prices. So retail meat prices change in a different manner from farm prices. Too, each grocer will change prices in a different manner. A farmer takes a price drop or a price raise on every pound of the animal he sells. The grocer will adjust prices selectively. He’ll change some cuts more than others. Some he may even leave unchanged. In addition, he may take much of his price changing in his specials, which would mean different changes on different cuts each week. This all adds up to the conclusion that retail grocers’ meat prices do move up and
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