Ground Beef Now Costs About $6.80 a Pound, Up From $6.69 in February, NPR Reports

Ground beef now costs around $6.80 per pound, up from an average of $6.69 in February, NPR reported Oct. 22. The White House gave the February figure. NPR reported that the administration's efforts to lower beef prices have backfired politically and possibly economically. Trump's August order suspends tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported beef.