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Kind of need to see it up close to grade it. The USDA grade scale sucks. They can't possibly grade each off the hoof. A lot of places in Texas have moved away from the USDA scale b/c it sucks so bad. I've had several conversations with folks in the beef industry and it's a general consensus. For instance, we have several grades, UDSA, CAB, and others. Some are marketing their own as, "Ranchers Reserve, or Sterling Silver".
Last year, or maybe the prior, I bought 9, whole in the bag, 12-16 lbs ea., USDA PRIME GRADE Ribeye Roasts. I pulled them out of the meat dpt. coolers (no one left at the store knew what I was looking for, meat dept just closed), still in the shipping boxes. Guess is they were off the hoof maximum 4 days. Then they were aged for 28 days. I have had better CAB, Ranchers Reserve and Sterling Silver.
Looking at the sticker indicating a USDA grade tells me nothing.
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