Top inside round, fat limitation 1
USDA’s daily wholesale price for top inside round, fat limitation 1 (IMPS 168, fat limitation 1: 3/4 inch average fat, 1 inch at most), sold by packers in boxes on negotiated deals. Stores often sell it as top round. It didn’t trade on the latest report (Thursday, Oct 29, 2026); its last Choice price was $3.46 per hundredweight ($3.46 a pound), on Oct 28, 2026.
- Choice, Wed, Oct 28
- $3.46/lb
- Select, Mon, Oct 12
- $3.88/lb
How its last price compared · On the low side
Higher than on 6 of the other 126 days it traded in the past year.
Lowest of the yearHighest of the year
A year earlier (Oct 28, 2025) it was $4.22 per hundredweight; its last price is −18.0% against that. Over the past year it traded on 127 days, averaging $4.06, from a low of $3.38 (Oct 23, 2026) to a high of $4.80 (Mar 13, 2026). In a usual year (2020–2025) it runs highest in August (+8.1% against its own year’s average) and lowest in January (−13.4%).
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| Grade | Last traded | Per cwt | Per lb | Range, per cwt | Pounds | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Wed, Oct 28 | $3.46 | $3.46 | $3.40–$3.60 | 28,025 | −$32.27 since Mon, Oct 26 |
| Select | Mon, Oct 12 | $3.88 | $3.88 | $3.70–$4.10 | 1,928 | −$12.30 since Mon, Aug 17 |
Every week on record Jan 2, 2020 to Oct 28, 2026
- Choice
- Select
- Weekly average, dollars per hundredweight
Each point is the average of the week’s daily prices. Gaps are stretches of three weeks or more with no sales. On record since Jan 2, 2020: 1,370 days with a price.
Average Choice price by month $ per lb
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.22 | 4.42 | 4.55 | 4.13 | 4.20 | 4.18 | 4.05 | 4.00 | 3.83 | 3.49 | · | · | 4.11 |
| 2025 | 3.67 | 3.55 | 3.60 | 3.48 | 3.70 | 3.65 | 4.26 | 4.82 | 4.34 | 3.94 | 3.66 | 3.56 | 3.85 |
| 2024 | 2.74 | 3.31 | 3.58 | 3.09 | 3.08 | 3.31 | 3.61 | 3.60 | 3.28 | 3.18 | 2.88 | 3.09 | 3.23 |
| 2023 | 2.62 | 2.71 | 2.73 | 2.92 | 2.95 | 3.20 | 2.99 | 3.11 | 3.47 | 3.42 | 3.05 | 2.52 | 2.98 |
| 2022 | 2.88 | 2.72 | 2.79 | 2.74 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.69 | 2.66 | 2.64 | 2.50 | 2.48 | 2.66 |
| 2021 | 2.23 | 2.39 | 2.31 | 2.70 | 3.16 | 3.13 | 2.83 | 3.59 | 3.09 | 2.99 | 2.83 | 2.67 | 2.83 |
| 2020 | 2.18 | 2.25 | 2.56 | 3.80 | 4.68 | 2.10 | 2.19 | 2.36 | 2.19 | 2.04 | 2.36 | 2.08 | 2.57 |
Each month is weighted by the pounds sold on each day. A dot is a month with no sales on record.
Its usual year Each month against its own year’s average, the median over 2020–2025
- Jan−13.4%
- Feb−8.3%
- Mar−3.3%
- Apr−3.1%
- May−1.6%
- Jun+0.2%
- Jul+0.4%
- Aug+8.1%
- Sep+5.5%
- Oct+0.9%
- Nov−5.6%
- Dec−7.3%
Day by day The last 20 days it traded
| Day | Choice, per cwt | Per lb | Pounds | Select, per cwt | Per lb | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | $3.46 | $3.46 | 28,025 | — | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $3.79 | $3.79 | 8,017 | — | — | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $3.38 | $3.38 | 161,958 | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $3.49 | $3.49 | 54,221 | — | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $3.44 | $3.44 | 81,451 | — | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $3.73 | $3.73 | 26,305 | — | — | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $3.95 | $3.95 | 6,212 | $3.88 | $3.88 | 1,928 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $3.60 | $3.60 | 15,552 | — | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $3.79 | $3.79 | 12,099 | — | — | — |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $3.79 | $3.79 | 16,261 | — | — | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $3.97 | $3.97 | 7,123 | — | — | — |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $3.98 | $3.98 | 16,039 | — | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $3.75 | $3.75 | 274,806 | — | — | — |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $3.80 | $3.80 | 50,886 | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $3.99 | $3.99 | 5,314 | — | — | — |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $3.86 | $3.86 | 15,207 | — | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $4.12 | $4.12 | 2,236 | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $3.95 | $3.95 | 11,268 | — | — | — |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $4.03 | $4.03 | 5,766 | — | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $3.89 | $3.89 | 276,164 | — | — | — |
Every day is in the CSV downloads, with the day’s low and high and the number of trades.
Other cuts from the round today Dearest first, per pound
| Cut | Per lb | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Top inside round, cap off | $5.06 | Choice |
| Top inside round, denuded | $4.04 | Choice |
| Eye of round | $3.95 | Choice |
| Knuckle, peeled | $3.78 | Choice |
| Outside round | $3.66 | Choice |
| Top inside round | $3.64 | Choice |
The round primal as a whole was worth $2.86 per hundredweight (Choice) on Thursday, Oct 29, 2026: its page.
About these numbers
Prices are USDA’s, from the National Daily Boxed Beef Cutout and Boxed Beef Cuts, Negotiated Sales afternoon report (LM_XB403): the weighted average of the day’s negotiated sales of boxed beef, FOB the packing plant, for delivery within 0 to 21 days, in dollars per hundredweight (100 lb). Divide by 100 for the price per pound. These are wholesale prices for whole cuts in boxes, well below what the same cut costs at a store. USDA lists this item as “Round, top inside round (168 1)”. The latest report is for Oct 29, 2026; the next is due Fri, Oct 30, 2026.
The beef price board has every cut for today, the cutout, how the data is collected, and the whole history as CSV downloads. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News.