I buy my steaks at Publix because, even at the higher prices, their meats are just better (more quality control).
That said, because of the higher prices, I eat less steak.
I worked at a processing plant in Omaha back in the 80s that processed mostly utility cattle like bulls, dairy etc. for grinding. We had a guy who had an eye for quality meat & I used to buy boxes of t-bones for a few bucks. My father was in heaven. He could grill one up & serve it to you and you’d swear it was a Choice/Prime steak.
Remember telling my FIL about it & he said dairy cattle are fed a lot of grain so the meat quality would be good.