Choice beef bottom round flat wholesale price — $4.99 / lb
quoted August 31, 2026
Choice beef bottom round flat is quoted at $4.99 / lb in the week of August 31, 2026. That is the lowest wholesale quote we recorded that week from the single New York distributor we track — not a market average, and not an official terminal quotation. This item is quoted by the pound, as invoiced.
Price history
11 weekly quotes over 3M · lowest wholesale price observed, per lb
Over the last 12 months
Over the last 47 weekly quotes, choice beef bottom round flat ranged from $4.79 to $5.59 per lb, averaging $5.00. Today's $4.99 / lb is below the 47-quote average of $5.00. The quote is down 10.7% from six months ago, when it stood at $5.59. Across our series, choice beef bottom round flat was cheapest in October (average $4.79) and dearest in March (average $5.47). That is one year of observation, not a seasonal rule.
- Low
- $4.79
- High
- $5.59
- Average
- $5.00
- Quotes
- 47
About Choice beef bottom round flat
USDA Choice is the middle of the three grades a foodservice buyer normally sees, above Select and below Prime, and it is assigned on marbling in the ribeye. Because grading happens on the carcass, it applies to every cut taken off that animal, which is why a Choice chuck tender and a Choice short loin share a grade and nothing else. In this group the cut does the work, not the grade: rib, short loin and hanger are steak muscles, chuck, top round and eye round are slicing and braising muscles.
Buying notes
These are quoted per pound on an average case weight, and the same muscle appears here in more than one state, bone-in against bone-out and peeled against untrimmed, with the price gap covering the yield loss and the butchery. Ask what the case actually weighed before you compare two quotes, because the average is the specification, not a guarantee.
Frequently asked questions about Choice beef bottom round flat
How much does choice beef bottom round flat cost wholesale in New York?
Choice beef bottom round flat is quoted at $4.99 / lb in the week of August 31, 2026, the lowest wholesale quote we recorded that week. This item is quoted by the pound, as invoiced.
Is choice beef bottom round flat expensive right now?
Against our own series, no reference price: over 47 weekly quotes choice beef bottom round flat ranged from $4.79 to $5.59, averaging $5.00. Today's $4.99 / lb is below that average. That compares this item to its own history, not to another supplier.
When is choice beef bottom round flat cheapest in New York?
In our series the monthly average was lowest in October ($4.79) and highest in March ($5.47). That is one year of weekly observation from one distributor, not a seasonal rule — a single cold season or a freight event can move a month.
What is the price per pound of choice beef bottom round flat?
$4.99 / lb. This item is invoiced by the pound, so the quote is already a price per pound — we did not derive it from a case weight.
How much has the price of choice beef bottom round flat moved this year?
Down 9.1% over twelve months, from $5.49 to $4.99 / lb. The sharpest single week was 12.0%, in the week of March 9, 2026.
Are these the official Hunts Point prices?
No. $4.99 / lb is the lowest of 47 weekly quotes we recorded from one distributor serving New York. The USDA publishes the official New York terminal market quotations; we link to them from our methodology page.