Round roast prices, September 2026

Round roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. U.S. city average, Bureau of Labor Statistics series APU0000703311.

Round roast is more expensive than a year ago.

Over five years the change is +40.1%, or +14.1% in today's dollars.

1 monthdown −1.8%
1 yearup +3.4%
5 yearsup +40.1%
$8.79Latest national average, September 2026, per lb
$5.00$6.00$7.00$8.00$9.00$10.0020222023202420252026$9.15Jul 2026$6.05Nov 2022

Previous month$8.96
1 year ago, Sep 2025$8.51
5 years ago, Sep 2021$6.28
Data table
MonthPriceIn today's dollarsChange from a year ago
Sep 2026$8.79$8.79+3.4%
Aug 2026$8.96$9.01+10.2%
Jul 2026$9.15$9.24+15.8%
Jun 2026$8.96$9.04+15.5%
May 2026$8.62$8.66+13.8%
Apr 2026$8.98$9.09+17.9%
Mar 2026$8.48$8.65+12.2%
Feb 2026$8.59$8.85+14.6%
Jan 2026$8.55$8.85+17.6%
Dec 2025$8.85$9.21+18.3%
Nov 2025$8.94$9.30+25.2%
Sep 2025$8.51$8.82+17.4%
Aug 2025$8.13$8.46+13.5%
Jul 2025$7.91$8.25+11.1%
Jun 2025$7.76$8.11+12.8%
May 2025$7.57$7.93+8.3%
Apr 2025$7.62$8.00+11.1%
Mar 2025$7.56$7.96+8.4%
Feb 2025$7.49$7.91+11.6%
Jan 2025$7.27$7.71+7.9%
Dec 2024$7.49$7.99+8.7%
Nov 2024$7.14$7.63+4.3%
Oct 2024$7.01$7.48+3.1%
Sep 2024$7.24$7.74+9.5%
Aug 2024$7.16$7.67+7.6%
Jul 2024$7.12$7.63+7.5%
Jun 2024$6.88$7.38+8.0%
May 2024$6.99$7.50+9.3%
Apr 2024$6.86$7.37+11.3%
Mar 2024$6.97$7.52+12.1%
Feb 2024$6.71$7.29+7.6%
Jan 2024$6.74$7.36+8.3%
Dec 2023$6.88$7.56+10.7%
Nov 2023$6.85$7.51+13.2%
Oct 2023$6.79$7.44+11.7%
Sep 2023$6.61$7.24+5.8%
Aug 2023$6.66$7.30+8.0%
Jul 2023$6.63$7.30+8.2%
Jun 2023$6.37$7.03+1.5%
May 2023$6.39$7.08+1.4%
Apr 2023$6.16$6.85−1.4%
Mar 2023$6.22$6.95−1.2%
Feb 2023$6.24$6.99−1.3%
Jan 2023$6.22$7.01+1.0%
Dec 2022$6.22$7.06−0.3%
Nov 2022$6.05$6.85−5.9%
Oct 2022$6.08$6.88−3.9%
Sep 2022$6.25$7.09−0.4%
Aug 2022$6.16$7.01+2.6%
Jul 2022$6.12$6.96+0.3%
Jun 2022$6.27$7.13+1.0%
May 2022$6.30$7.27+8.3%
Apr 2022$6.25$7.28+8.3%
Mar 2022$6.29$7.38+11.9%
Feb 2022$6.32$7.50+13.2%
Jan 2022$6.16$7.38+12.5%
Dec 2021$6.23$7.53+17.6%
Nov 2021$6.43$7.79+16.4%
Oct 2021$6.33$7.71+12.8%
Sep 2021$6.28$7.71+9.0%
Aug 2021$6.00$7.39+5.9%
Jul 2021$6.10$7.53+3.7%
Jun 2021$6.21$7.70−5.1%
May 2021$5.82$7.29−15.7%
Apr 2021$5.77$7.28+4.4%
Mar 2021$5.63$7.16+8.7%
Feb 2021$5.58$7.15+6.1%
Jan 2021$5.47$7.05+8.2%
Dec 2020$5.30$6.86+4.6%
Nov 2020$5.52$7.15+6.0%
Oct 2020$5.61$7.26+12.6%
Sep 2020$5.76$7.46+10.3%
Aug 2020$5.67$7.35+6.8%
Jul 2020$5.88$7.65+7.8%
Jun 2020$6.55$8.56+21.2%
May 2020$6.91$9.08+28.5%
Apr 2020$5.53$7.26+5.1%
Mar 2020$5.17$6.75+0.3%
Feb 2020$5.26$6.85+5.9%
Jan 2020$5.06$6.61+1.0%
Dec 2019$5.07$6.65+1.2%
Nov 2019$5.21$6.83—
Oct 2019$4.99$6.53—
Sep 2019$5.22$6.85—
Aug 2019$5.30$6.97—
Jul 2019$5.46$7.17—
Jun 2019$5.40$7.11—
May 2019$5.37$7.07—
Apr 2019$5.26$6.93—
Mar 2019$5.16$6.84—
Feb 2019$4.97$6.62—
Jan 2019$5.01$6.71—

Highs, lows and the long view

Where September 2026 sits against the five-year record.

Record high$9.15Jul 2026
Record low$6.05Nov 2022
Five-year average$7.15
In today's dollars$9.30 / $6.85 / $7.75high / low / average

Against the basket

Round roast compared with the 40-item average and with meat & eggs, all set to 100 at Sep 2021.

10012014020222023202420252026Round roast 140Basket 125Meat & Eggs 122

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