Right now beef is still under $4 per pound where I live. That means I can grill the equivalent of a Double Quarter Pounder for $2 in meat cost, and so can just about anyone else who chooses to. When beef approaches $20 might be when significant numbers of people start moving away from it.
So consider $20 per pound as a minimum to start getting people off of beef and maybe $40 to get beef to be a ‘luxury’ food, that you only eat once or twice a year as part of celebrations.
A guy I knew that lived in Puerto Rico told me when he grew up, lobster was so cheap that they were getting sick of eating it. Then he moved here.
Back at the beginning of the 20th century, beef was considered ‘poor man’s meat’, while chicken and other poultry was the food of the ‘rich man’. That’s where the campaign slogan ‘Two Chickens in every pot!” came from.
Now it’s exact opposite.
But all animal feed has become more expensive and will result in huge meat shortages in the very near future................