 He defines stubbornly high prices at the grocery store. An Independence Day cookout will cost $71.22 for 10 guests this year based on the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Market Basket Survey. This cost represents a record high since AFBF began the survey in 2013. Shane Flowers owns Ranch House Meats in the Billings area and recently shared on Voices of Montana about thinking outside the box with the cost challenge of processing animals in Montana.