Why tf Oxtails costing more and more everyday?

[cjlaw93]

I went to the spot where they’re usually $13 for a small and the other day I went there and it came up to $16
Everywhere I go the price is getting higher and higher ..WTF is going on

 

[MikelArteta]

It's expensive and takes hours to cook

 

[Ron Fox]

I'll tell u like I tell people who complain about rising gas prices.......get a job that pays more and it wont be a problem

 

[cjlaw93]

It's expensive and takes hours to cook

In the past couple of years the price been going up like $1.50 a year

 

[cjlaw93]

I'll tell u like I tell people who complain about rising gas prices.......get a job that pays more and it wont be a problem

Yea like that’s so easy Cac

 

[Malik1time]

I'm Haitian and I don't like oxtail
fukk oxtail
Griot is better

 

[Super Ramon]

I never had oxtails are they good & halal?

 

[Worl Boss 1Don]

shabba done told you

 

[Malik1time]

I never had oxtails are they good & halal?

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

I noticed that too. Now we wasn't big on oxtails growing up, but I grew up around enough yardie brehs, so every so often I get a taste for the food.

The simple oxtail plate has gone from 8 to like 13 over by me in a few years time. And i thought i coul be slick and just buy them from the supermarket, but nah, even more expensive that way.

 

[Ron Fox]

Yea like that’s so easy Cac

Just because your job sucks dont expect me to relate.

 

[RAX 010]

We running outta cows cuz yall eating oxtails every god damn day...

Slow the hell down yall creating inflation wit ya hungry asses.Order the curry chicken sometimes perhaps...the goat is tasty as well

 

[Stuntone]

Not only have they gone up, they only get your like 3 or 4 bones.

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

Weirdly enough, around here in NYC, you get more value (more actual tails and cheaper) from the Dominican spots. But they only have them on certain days

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Meat is a commodity just like gold, oil. And the price of specific cuts/parts of an animal will also fluctuate based on the demand/popularity. For instance with chicken, the wings traditionally were some of the cheapest parts of the bird. But over the last couple of years, chicken wings are so popular that prices have skyrocketed (more than 60% just within the span of a few months). Prices rose so quickly that large wing chains' earnings are affected.

Chicken wing prices pressure Buffalo Wild Wings

Probably the same with oxtail - nowadays consumers and large food companies are demanding more exotic/interesting cuisine. Chart below shows increase in beef prices.