T.F.
We purchase directly from our butcher. I buy no meats from a grocery store at all.
My butcher is high end quality, I go about once every 2 months to stock up on prime and choice grade steaks, roasts, prime rib, lamb, ground beef, hamemade Italian sausages, pork, and chicken. I spend about $200 and I am well stocked for a couple of months.
He buys his beef from the same places the high end 5 star restaurants buy their steaks. I have my steaks cut to order, he knows exactly what we like. We pay about $12-$15 per steak but it is top notch quality.
He does not mark down his meats. He does have weekly specials and I hit those because sometimes I can get prime ribeye for $11.99/pound vs $14.99 per pound, FIlet $15.99 vs $19.99, etc