Boning Out Beef Ribs: Cost Benefit Analysis of Bone-in vs. Boneless

Deciding whether to buy bone-in ribs and trim them in-house, or purchase pre-boned cuts, depends on labor costs and yield output. Trimming in-house requires skilled labor, but provides bones for stocks.

Calculate the total cost of the labor required to trim raw cuts, and add it to the AP cost, then compare this total to the cost of pre-boned cuts to find the most economical option.