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Worth noting that prime (and other USDA labels) are a measure of fat content in the form of marbling - not quality. And certainly not provenance.

Costco is carrying a lot more prime beef than they did 5-10 years ago. Back then you'd only see a few cuts, now it seems like they have prime for almost everything that's not ground.

Prime beef is only 2-4% of all graded beef(1). Of this, most is sold to restaurants. So I don't think it was ever the "standard meat for sale", but it is available if you look. Butcher shops and, as others have pointed out, Costco.

(1) http://www.threetreesranches.com/documents/pdf/USDA-percenta...

Restaurants and Costco.

Butcher shops and Costco are the only two places I see prime anymore.

China?