Advertised beef brisket prices in the U.S. 2016-2021
Fresh meat sales in the U.S.
Beef has the highest retail sales of any type of fresh meat in the United States. In 2020, of all the different cuts of beef one can buy from a grocery store or butcher shop, fresh ground beef accounted for 40 percent of all sales. In comparison, sirloin beef generated only six percent of total beef sales in the United States and flank steak less than one percent of total sales. The average household expenditure on beef per trip to the grocery store was 9.39 U.S dollars in 2020.
Beef consumption in the U.S.
In 2020, the average American ate 58.8 pounds of beef, up from about 58 pounds per person in the previous year. While beef is expected to remain popular and widely consumed among Americans, veal consumption has seen a sharp decrease over the last several years.