Round steak: $9.692 per pound
U.S. average retail price, August 2026 - Round steak, USDA Choice, boneless
- The U.S. average retail price of round steak, USDA Choice, boneless was $9.692 per pound in , per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price series.
- That is +6.8% versus a year earlier ($9.076/lb in August 2025).
- The record high was $10.095/lb in February 2026.
- Adjusted for overall inflation (CPI-U), the latest price is below the real record of $11.73/lb (in today's dollars) set in January 1980.
Latest (August 2026)
$9.692
per pound
Year over year
+6.8%
vs 12 months ago
Record high
$10.095
February 2026
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Nominal vs inflation-adjusted price
Last 24 months
| Month | $/lb | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | $9.692 | −0.344 |
| July 2026 | $10.036 | +0.192 |
| June 2026 | $9.844 | +0.055 |
| May 2026 | $9.789 | −0.036 |
| April 2026 | $9.825 | +0.215 |
| March 2026 | $9.610 | −0.485 |
| February 2026 | $10.095 | +0.259 |
| January 2026 | $9.836 | −0.039 |
| December 2025 | $9.875 | +0.210 |
| November 2025 | $9.665 | +0.305 |
| September 2025 | $9.360 | +0.284 |
| August 2025 | $9.076 | +0.386 |
| July 2025 | $8.690 | +0.233 |
| June 2025 | $8.457 | +0.056 |
| May 2025 | $8.401 | −0.226 |
| April 2025 | $8.627 | +0.073 |
| March 2025 | $8.554 | +0.069 |
| February 2025 | $8.485 | +0.205 |
| January 2025 | $8.280 | +0.144 |
| December 2024 | $8.136 | −0.023 |
| November 2024 | $8.159 | +0.005 |
| October 2024 | $8.154 | +0.006 |
| September 2024 | $8.148 | −0.078 |
| August 2024 | $8.226 | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price series APU0000703511 (U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted). October 2025 is missing across all BLS price series (federal data lapse). Download CSV · compare all cuts.