Prime beef is only 2-4% of all graded beef(1). Of this, most is sold to restaurants. So I don't think it was ever the "standard meat for sale", but it is availa

Prime beef is only 2-4% of all graded beef(1). Of this, most is sold to restaurants. So I don't think it was ever the "standard meat for sale", but it is available if you look. Butcher shops and, as others have pointed out, Costco. (1) http://www.threetreesranches.com/documents/pdf/USDA-percentage-Prime-graded.pdf http://www.threetreesranches.com/documents/pdf/USDA-percenta...