Frozen shoulder clods choice beef wholesale price — $4.99 / lb
quoted September 21, 2026
Frozen shoulder clods choice beef is quoted at $4.99 / lb in the week of September 21, 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 26 weekly quotes, frozen shoulder clods choice beef ranged from $4.89 to $4.99 per lb, averaging $4.99. Today's $4.99 / lb sits at the top of that range. Twelve months on, the quote is within 2.0% of where it started, at $4.89. The line is unusually flat for a fresh item: no week in the series moved it by more than 2.0%.
- Low
- $4.89
- High
- $4.99
- Average
- $4.99
- Quotes
- 26
About Frozen shoulder clods choice beef
A short frozen beef range built around what a kitchen buys in bulk and uses slowly: oxtail, offered whole and untrimmed or cut and trimmed, and Choice shoulder clod, a lean chuck sub-primal used for roasting, slicing and grinding. All of it is long-cook material, which is precisely why freezing costs nothing in quality here and why the line moves so little compared with the chilled case.
Buying notes
The cut and trimmed oxtail carries a premium over the whole untrimmed one, and that gap is butchery labour plus the bone and fat you no longer pay to freight and store. All three items are quoted per pound against an average case weight, so compare them on the pound.
Frequently asked questions about Frozen shoulder clods choice beef
How much does frozen shoulder clods choice beef cost wholesale in New York?
Frozen shoulder clods choice beef is quoted at $4.99 / lb in the week of September 21, 2026, the lowest wholesale quote we recorded that week. This item is quoted by the pound, as invoiced.
Is frozen shoulder clods choice beef expensive right now?
Against our own series, no reference price: over 26 weekly quotes frozen shoulder clods choice beef ranged from $4.89 to $4.99, averaging $4.99. Today's $4.99 / lb is at the top of that range. That compares this item to its own history, not to another supplier.
What is the price per pound of frozen shoulder clods choice beef?
$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.
Are these the official Hunts Point prices?
No. $4.99 / lb is the lowest of 26 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.