The beef with the rising price of cattle - KYTX CBS 19 Tyler
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cattle  Posted: Updated:  TYLER (KYTX) - If you've shopped for
meat lately, you've probably noticed the prices are going up.
The reason you're seeing those prices go up is related to the
drought we had in Texas.  Ranchers are rebuilding herds, and
that means there's less beef to stock your freezer over the last
few years you've added at least a dollar per pound.  Customers
like David Dodson come to Country Meat Market in Tyler to get
grass fed beef with a local touch.  "Had to get me some to try
out, see how comes out on the grill," says Dodson.  He skipped
the beef today, and got links because he knows beef is
expensive.  "A lot of stuff here is local, so we had to take
down signs and quit selling items because it wasn't available,"
says Tim Benson, the assistant manager at Country Meat Market.
Benson says their stock of local grass-fed beef has more than
dwindled since the drought.