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I did this once, and trimmed maybe 3 lbs of fat. Beneath that fat was meh steaks. Very little marbling. At least when it's cut and packaged you can see if it's worth buying.
Costco's boneless USDA Choice ribeye is being treated as a strong value for a thick, premium steak, especially at $14.99 to $15 per pound versus higher regular prices around $18 to $19.99 per pound at Costco and nearby stores. The cut is praised for its thickness and holiday cooking potential, and the pack can be broken down at home for steaks, burgers, or tallow. The main caution is quality variation, with some packages showing heavy fat trim and modest marbling, so it pays to inspect each one closely. A solid meat counter find if you want ribeye without paying prime prices.
Shoppers who want thick ribeye steaks for home butchering, because the packs can be trimmed, portioned, and vacuum sealed at home.
Yes. Regular Costco pricing is reported around $18.99/lb in New York and about $18/lb for Choice, so $14.99/lb is a meaningful drop. It also compares favorably with nearby grocery pricing like Walmart at $19-$20/lb and is below some DoorDash/Costco pricing.
Other stores can occasionally beat it on headline price, especially bone-in ribeye at about $8.99/lb or Safeway/Albertsons ribeye around $10/lb on rare sales. Costco's advantage is boneless cuts, thicker steaks, and more consistent quality, so the better value depends on whether you want convenience or the absolute lowest per-pound price.
Yes. The fat cap can hide poor marbling, and one package may look much better than another even within the same grade. Checking multiple packages helps avoid buying a cut that trims down to mostly fat or has a lean-to-fat ratio you do not want.
Costco is reported to blade-tenderize its beef, which some shoppers avoid because it changes the texture. If you want a non-tenderized cut, you may need to ask the butcher whether they have one available.
I hope they do it again.They also usually do that during Easter, but this year it was more than usual.I used to stock up and freeze most of it.
Publix does the standing rib roast every year for this price. It used to be $4.99 lb/ now recently its $7.99 lb. Buy the pack, cut it yourself and vacuum seal. Trim the edges for some great burger, keep the fat, make some tallow - Its my yearly routine over the holidays. Nothing like that tallow in a cast iron skillet on the grill.
It will go on sale every Holiday including Easter. I usually pick up a Strip loin for Thanksgiving and the Standing rib for Christmas. Keep in mind the Christmas one is higher demand (sometimes cheaper).
Sources for any of that?
- it was Argentinian beef
- it was a single shipment that China rejected from a single supplier, not all beef from the entirety of Argentina.
Argentinian standards aren't the same as US standards though.
I did this once, and trimmed maybe 3 lbs of fat. Beneath that fat was meh steaks. Very little marbling. At least when it's cut and packaged you can see if it's worth buying.
Yeah I go crazy with the whole NY strips at Costco, poke each one on the backside to see which one is softest since they have more fat trimmed off of them. Still rolling the dice on the marbling though. I can't wait for the Shoprite prime rib sales, unfortunately I think they only do Christmas and Easter. They consistently have tastier ribeyes than what Costco offers, I'm willing to have extra fat on them if they are super tasty and marbled which they always seem to be. Only one of the 3 Shoprites near me will cut them into steaks for me as of last year. Cutting up ribeyes without the butcher band saw is not easy. I wind up with 3.5 inch thick steaks to avoid hacking the bone area apart.
I think Costco still blade tenderizes their beef. Not really a fan of that process. The Internet says you can ask the butcher if they have non tenderized cuts, but that seems like a bother.
Not the best sale price. I think regular price for Costco choice is around $18/lb and prime is around $25/lb. Hopefully they bring back the sale of $75 off an entire slab of prime ribeye, got that earlier this year and it brought prime down to around $16/lb. Now that was a deal!
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Isn't choice steak sometimes on sale at Vons/safway for like $8.99 lb?
The $8.99 deal is for bone-in ribeye. It's still a great deal. They usually have a limit on the number of steaks you can buy. I always talk to the butcher and get them to cut 3 2 pound steaks. Safeway has been consistently been running the $10 off of $50 digital coupon too. So you can get your meat deal down to $7.20/lbs? The last time they ran that deal, it was August 2026 I think. I wonder if we'll see it again before Christmas. They usually run a ribeye roast deal right around then.
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Costco's boneless USDA Choice ribeye is being treated as a strong value for a thick, premium steak, especially at $14.99 to $15 per pound versus higher regular prices around $18 to $19.99 per pound at Costco and nearby stores. The cut is praised for its thickness and holiday cooking potential, and the pack can be broken down at home for steaks, burgers, or tallow. The main caution is quality variation, with some packages showing heavy fat trim and modest marbling, so it pays to inspect each one closely. A solid meat counter find if you want ribeye without paying prime prices.
Costco's $14.99 per pound app price can undercut local Walmart ribeye pricing around $19 to $20 per pound in central Ohio.
Buying the ribeye pack and processing it at home can turn one purchase into burgers and tallow for cooking.
Vacuum-packed ribeye can be purchased at about $16.99 per pound, which may still work if you plan to portion and cook at home.
Safeway bone-in ribeye deals can stack with a $10 off $50 digital coupon to lower the effective price further.
Choice ribeye at $14.99 per pound can be unusually low compared with typical sale pricing, which may signal a limited or atypical deal window.
Trimming off roughly three pounds of fat can still leave steaks with limited marbling, so visual inspection of packaged cuts matters.
Prime ribeye can be consistently worse than regular Choice at at least one Costco location, with little marbling over multiple years.
Costco blade-tenderizing may affect texture preferences for shoppers who prefer non-tenderized cuts.
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It will go on sale every Holiday including Easter. I usually pick up a Strip loin for Thanksgiving and the Standing rib for Christmas. Keep in mind the Christmas one is higher demand (sometimes cheaper).
Sources for any of that?
- it was Argentinian beef
- it was a single shipment that China rejected from a single supplier, not all beef from the entirety of Argentina.
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