Beef prices are now up to more than $9 a pound, going up almost 9% since the start of the year. Numbers show steak and ground beef prices up about 12% and 10% over the last year.
Local Stockton meat markets are feeling the pressure from these all-time high prices, forcing some local shops to try and break even.
Acambaro Meat Market has been in the same place in Stockton for 20 years. Owned by Francisco Ortega, he said this year, however, has been the most difficult…