Ground beef wholesale price — $4.49 / lb
quoted September 21, 2026
Ground beef is quoted at $4.49 / 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 45 weekly quotes, ground beef ranged from $4.39 to $4.49 per lb, averaging $4.45. Today's $4.49 / lb sits at the top of that range. Twelve months on, the quote is within 2.3% of where it started, at $4.39. The line is unusually flat for a fresh item: no week in the series moved it by more than 2.3%. Monthly averages barely separate across our series — no month stands out as the cheap one.
- Low
- $4.39
- High
- $4.49
- Average
- $4.45
- Quotes
- 45
About Ground beef
Beef is the deepest part of this book, and it is sold the way a butcher buys rather than the way a menu reads: whole muscles and sub-primals, chuck roll, brisket, short loin, export rib, top and bottom round, eye round, knuckle, hanger, flat iron and skirt. Price separates first by primal, since the rib and short loin carry the steak cuts and the chuck and round are the working muscles, then by grade, then by how far the cut has already been broken down.
Buying notes
Almost every beef item here is quoted per pound against an average case weight, so compare cuts on the pound and never on the case. A peeled or bone-out version of a muscle costs more per pound than the untrimmed one for a simple reason: you are paying for yield you no longer have to trim, and for the labour that took it off.
Frequently asked questions about Ground beef
How much does ground beef cost wholesale in New York?
Ground beef is quoted at $4.49 / 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 ground beef expensive right now?
Against our own series, no reference price: over 45 weekly quotes ground beef ranged from $4.39 to $4.49, averaging $4.45. Today's $4.49 / 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 ground beef?
$4.49 / 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. $4.49 / lb is the lowest of 45 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.