Can You Still Save Money On Ribeyes In 2025!

In this video, I will answer the question, can you still save money on ribeyes in 2025. In 2022, I made a video about saving $80 on ribeyes. Can you still do that even though we are going through inflation. I will show you how to buy, cut and vacuum seal ribeyes.
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6” Boning Knife:
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I use the CV12 in this video.

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[corysimek]

I was excited by this and gave it a try. Not true at my Costco just last week. The cut Ribeyes were next to the whole uncut ribeye, and there was only a 20 cents per pound difference, such a minimal savings not worth the trouble. The Costco butcher told me the price of the uncut vs cut is pretty much the same through the holidays, and maybe February or March we will see a savings. I think you should note that these price opportunities might be seasonal

[davidchapamusicofficial]

I’m on the carnivore diet so I don’t trim the fat. :-)

Over the holidays I bought a total of 90lbs of whole prime rib at my local store for $4.99/lb. I now have about 70lbs of ribeye steaks (with the fat) in my freezer. :-)

[richard_zeller]

My local Costco price per pound choice ribeye: $13.99

Price per pound full ribeye choice grade (entire cut, not individual steaks): $13.99

I literally get zero savings locally buying my own and cutting. Still a good option (I can control my thickness and trim)...but I get no real savings in my area at least....

[BetterWayLiving]

I literally did this last week. Ended up with 17 steaks. Plus a couple of pieces of meat I haven't decided what to do with. One would make a small roast I may smoke and some might get ground.
I don't trim the fat off the ribeye. I cook it and eat it.
I also bought a brisket and am going to try my first batch of tallow making.

[corey]

That spinalis/rib cap on those center cuts looked amazing. My favorite part of a ribeye.

Just like everything else, I think the warehouse/clubs are catching on to what consumers are doing to save money and adjusting prices to keep their losses down.

[michaelwess]

Costco ribeye is up to 14.60 now prices keep going up. Is 15.99 cut. I work at Costco and every morning I look at ribeye prices. lol it’s getting bad.

[Jamess]

Publix list the bone in Ribeyes on sale once a month for $11.99 or $12.99 a LB. When they do I stock up and buy 10-15 steaks. It saves me the headache of doing all this. But great either way if you want to stock up. I prefer the bone in but im throwing away some $ due to the weight of the bone. great vid

[BLacknesmonstaz]

Fresh market had a sale on choice striploins at 7.99 a pound.
Went to two locations, picked up 13!
Freezer packed

[johnreeves]

Great video thanks for the instructions.

[Rejoice]

I’m curious, so many videos are talking about wood cutting boards being unsanitary. Could you do a video, sir, that shows your process from start to finish on how you keep your kitchen “sanitized“? Obviously when you first unpack, there’s going to be blood, etc., from the ribeye slab of meat. And then once you start laying it out cutting it how do you go back-and-forth safely and sanitarily? I do appreciate all your content I’ve only been following you for a couple of months, but I’ve truly enjoyed it. Thank you very much, sir. Keep up the good work.

[Azure_Data_Dude]

Thanks so much for all of your great video's and I am really learning from you. I'm getting ready to order your knifes. I'd love to see you make that Corned Beef video soon! Keep up the great work!

[redimpala]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

I stocked up on bone-in whole slabs of ribeye for $6.99 and $7.99/lb right before Christmas. I forgot to add up the poundage but it was somewhere in the 60 pounds range. I took the bones off and used a few of them to make "soup" in the instant pot. I froze the rest. I'll try cooking them in the slow cooker and see how they turn out.

I'll have to check your video library but... being lazy here... have you discussed the various grades of beef like select, choice and prime?

[r_r_rye]

I started shopping at Costco for this very reason. Very disappointed. Saved only on the strip loin. The ribeye was only 10¢ per pound cheaper as a whole loin and the tenderloin is actually more expensive in its whole form at the Costco near me. And this is before the membership fee.

[Hopefullymarried]

If able, source your local meat market, butcher…they may have a better deal.
That being said, ribeye are good eats. Last week at my local Costco i bought a strip loin package. Ny strip were selling at 19.99/ lb !🤯
Bought the whole bag for $10.99/lb…savings are there but likely in a slightly less cut of meat…Chuck eye rolls are great also

[p.t.anderson]

Get the bone in and save more. Cut them off as a separate slab and make beef ribs in the slow cooker!
A couple of days ago, 2025-01-08, I got a 20lb Bone-in Ribeye from the US Foods Chef's Store for $8.99 per lb. (on sale until 2025-01-17).

[timewave]

I save more by waiting for sales and/or buying the steaks after they're marked down because they "expire" the next day.

[sandhill]

Whole in bag roasts are down to about $5.50 every couple of months locally. Haven't tried Kroger but the butchers at Safeway cheerfully cut the whole roasts into 1 1/2" thick steaks for me on their band saws 🙂

[TacticalStrudel]

Costco is $.40/lb difference for steaks vs the whole cut. Not worth it.

[jp]

I appreciate your videos for the techniques. With that being said, the ending is a bad faith argument. First of all, you are comparing a higher priced supermarket to a warehouse store that requires a membership. Next, you could have bought precut rib eyes AT COSTCO ALSO. That would have been a more fair good faith argument.

In my area, the rib eye roast is going for 14.79/lb. Precut rib eye steaks are going for 14.99/lb, I would have to buy a 10-12 lb roast up front at over $140, and then have to butcher it to save maybe 2-3 dollars on the backside. Then I would have to vacuum seal and store.

Realistically, that IS NOT a savings. If you want to argue the merits of cutting your own to be able to control the width of the steaks, cut quality, and being able to have steaks that are not "blade tenderized", I am ok with that. Recommending buying a roast and butchering to save at most a few dollars at the expense of the time, energy, vacuum sealing, and freezing it not it.

[mannyc]

I don't think the math is an apples to apples comparison. you can get a 3 or 4 pack of ribeyes at costco for around $2-$4 more(dont remember off the top of my head). you are also cutting the tail and turning it into ground beef/tallow, which is cheaper per pound. a fair comparison would be to weigh all the steaks and multiply by the cstco difference. then weigh the trimming and compare it to tallow/ground beef prices. I'm pretty sure the difference is minimal. The bright side of cutting your own steaks is you get to choose the thickness and you do get some nice quality ribeyes.