The other way of looking at that is that cheap weird cut meat prices were a consequence of inefficient meat allocation (supply of those ending up at retail groc

The other way of looking at that is that cheap weird cut meat prices were a consequence of inefficient meat allocation (supply of those ending up at retail grocery where there wasn't demand). So, ignoring the behind the scene details and holding cattle price constant, cheap weird cuts made well-known cuts more expensive (all cuts having to sum to price of cow). I believe the behind the scenes logistics system has gotten better at sending different parts of the cow to different places (e.g. restaurant, commercial packaged, etc) where there is demand. Case in point: most retail grocery doesn't do full butchering anymore, as it's been centralized upstream.