Overrun with deer. There are fewer hunters these days.

FWIW, I abhor any mistreatment of animals, but the deer population needs to be dealt with.
As 'humanely' as possible, but dealt with.

To answer your question, nearly all of deers' natural predators have been eliminated by human activity. This has thrown off the natural balance of course, and the result is that deer populations have exploded.

Because of this overpopulation, many starve off-season and there's nothing 'humane' about that either.
Can we lace deer food with contraceptives?!

Some tender and juicy supermarket bought bife de chorizo steaks last night....100 pesos a kilo which is about $11. Not as cheap as they used to be.

Getting back to the original topic.... I've noticed over the past few years that cheaper cuts of beef have gotten significantly more expensive but the pricier cuts have risen only modestly. For example, I used to buy 80% lean ground beef at $1.99/lb a few years ago. Now it's typically $3.49 - $3.99/lb. Top sirloin used to be $4.99/lb, now it's $6.99. At these prices I prefer to pay just a little more for NY strip -- it's usually $8.99/lb and occasionally on sale as low as $6.99.

Mostly, that seems right. I had to make an emergency beef stew Saturday. I got to the store early enough to grab the stew beef that was about to pass its sell-by date and paid under $5/lb. The short ribs were in the same price range. I could have bought tenderloin for $12.99, but that seemed like a waste.

That is one way to spend less on meat... Get the ready to expire beef. :D

The reference prices for meat in this thread seems very much late 90-ish level.

When did you guys shop for groceries last ?

Wednesday. However, I must state that I have no idea what anything costs, except lemons, as I just buy what I need for whatever I am cooking.

Nothing wrong with that. If you're not going to broil it rare,
the old stuff is better for almost all purposes.

When we didn't have a freezer of venison, I'd stock up on about to expire meat, and would freeze it. It saved us money, and it was usually rather yummy.

Yesterday.

When I'm not busy with travel I generally visit the grocery store 2-3 times/week. I prefer to buy things fresher as I need them, as opposed to trying to predict my needs in advance and then letting food spoil or get freezer burnt if I guess incorrectly.

NY strip is one of my favorite cuts...unfortunately in NYC it runs $15.99/lb and up...and that's just for choice, if you want grass fed, prime, etc. you're talking $20+.

This week Australian grass fed ground beef was the same $5.49 per pound as US corn fed ground beef... I'll see if I can taste the difference.

Ruminating on this makes me less worried about the grass vs corn difference.

Back in Tennessee, I watched a large pig attack and devour a small chicken. I always though they were vegetarians too.

They are omnivorous.