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Current Production Charts

Class III Price (for prices reflected January 2001 to the present)
(Dollars per hundredweight, 3.5% butterfat test)
Year
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
2001
9.99
10.27
11.42
12.06
13.83
15.02
15.46
15.55
15.90
14.60
11.31
11.80
2002
11.87
11.63
10.65
10.85
10.82
10.09
9.33
9.54
9.92
10.72
9.84
9.74
2003
9.78
9.66
9.11
9.41
9.71
9.75
11.78
13.80
14.30
14.39
13.47
11.87
2004
11.61
11.89
14.49
9.41
9.71
9.75
14.85
14.04
14.30
14.16
14.89
16.14
2005
14.14
14.70
14.08
19.66
20.58
17.68
14.35
13.60
14.30
14.35
13.35
13.37
2006
13.39
12.20
11.11
10.93
10.83
11.29
10.92
11.06
12.29
12.32
12.84
13.47
2007
13.56
14.18
15.09
16.09
17.60
20.17
21.38
19.83
20.07
18.70
19.22
20.60
2008 19.32 17.03 18.00 16.76 18.18 20.25 18.24 17.32 16.28 17.06 15.51 15.28
2009 10.78 9.31 10.44 10.78 9.84 9.97 9.97 11.20 12.11 12.82 14.08 14.98
2010 14.50 14.28 12.78 12.92 13.38 13.62 13.74 15.18 16.26 16.94 15.44
13.83
2011 13.48 17.00 19.40 16.87 16.52 19.11 21.39 21.67 19.07 18.03 19.07 18.77
2012 17.05 16.06 15.72 15.72 15.23 15.63 16.68 17.73 19.00 21.02 20.83 18.66
2013 18.14 17.25 16.93 17.59 18.52 18.02 17.38 17.91 18.14 18.22 18.83 18.95
2014 21.15 23.35 23.33 24.31 22.57 21.36 21.60 22.25 24.60 23.82 21.94 17.82
2015 16.18 15.46 15.56 15.81 16.19 16.72 16.33 16.27 15.82 15.46 15.30 14.44
2016 13.72 13.80 13.74 13.63 12.76 13.22 15.24 16.91 16.39 14.82 16.76 17.40
2017 16.77 16.88 15.81 15.22 15.57 16.44 15.45 16.57 16.36 16.69 16.88 15.44
2018 14.00 13.40 14.22 14.47 15.18 15.21 14.10 14.95 16.09 15.53 14.44 13.78
2019 13.96 13.89 15.04 15.96 16.38 16.27 17.55 17.60 18.31 18.72 20.45 19.37
2020 17.05 17.00 16.25 13.07 12.14 21.04 24.54 19.77 16.43 21.61 23.34 15.72
2021 16.04 15.75 16.15                  
Dairy Product Production - February 21
February 20 February 21 % Change YTD 2020* YTD 20213 % Change
Cheese
American types1 418,605 425,392 1.6 856,056 899,707 5.1
Cheddar 302,408 301,551 -0.3 621,648 648,500 4.3
Other American 116,197 123,841 6.6 234,408 251,207 7.2
Blue & Gorgonzola 7,035 6,792 -3.5 14,155 12,137 -14.3
Brick & Muenster 15,042 14,374 -4.4 30,486 31,053 1.9
Cream & Neufchatel 62,709 72,787 16.1 142,691 151,266 6.0
Feta 9,400 11,412 21.4 19,593 19,871 1.4
Gouda 4,927 5,173 5.0 9,486 10,384 9.5
Hispanic 26,821 28,256 5.4 54,068 55,640 2.9
Italian types 448,190 444,311 -0.9 933,588 925,340 -0.9
Mozzarella 353,200 347,499 -1.6 735,183 722,447 -1.7
Parmesan 36,596 36,744 0.4 74,884 77,711 3.8
Provolone 29,137 27,569 -5.4 60,373 58,814 -2.6
Ricotta 19,096 21,646 13.4 41,450 44,193 6.6
Romano 4,265 4,521 6.0 8,993 9,559 6.3
Other Italian 5,896 6,332 7.4 12,705 12,616 -0.7
Swiss 26,640 23,100 -13.3 55,165 49,077 -11.0
All other types 12,303 11,591 -5.8 26,899 24,280 -9.7
TOTAL CHEESE 1,031,672 1,043,188 1.1 2,142,187 2,178,755 1.7
Butter 188,035 185,620 -1.3 381,457 395,250 3.6
Cottage Cheese - curd 28,990 29,666 2.3 59,828 59,217 -1.0
Cottage Cheese - cream 26,172 27,230 4.0 53,794 53,852 0.1
Cottage Cheese - lowfat 24,434 24,289 -0.6 50,767 48,717 -4.0
Sour Cream 101,869 113,631 11.5 223,460 228,879 2.4
Yogurt (Plain & Flav.) 375,155 381,691 1.7 722,913 767,285 6.1
Dry Whole Milk 11,271 11,088 -1.6 20,110 21,979 9.3
NDM - Human 159,128 186,273 17.1 335,387 384,298 14.6
Skim Milk Powders2 38,434 29,593 -23.0 78,553 65,585 -16.5
Dry Skim - Animal 934 591 -36.7 1,810 1,295 -28.5
Dry Buttermilk 13,509 11,909 -11.8 26,687 27,166 1.8
Cond. Whey - Human 6,431 5,628 -12.5 13,868 11,622 -16.2
Dry Whey - Human 75,006 75,943 1.2 157,666 158,831 0.7
Dry Whey - Animal 1,484 1,082 -27.1 3,096 2,182 -29.5
Lactose - Human & Animal 87,435 84,205 -3.7 175,231 178,003 1.6
WPC - Human 35,219 36,863 4.7 76,411 79,890 4.6
WPC - Animal 381 528 38.6 1,124 1,301 15.7
WPC 25.0-49.9 Percent 13,437 13,919 3.6 29,798 30,710 3.1
WPC 50.0-89.9 Percent 22,163 23,472 5.9 47,737 50,481 5.7
Protein Isolates 8,641 10,700 23.8 17,974 21,310 18.6
Ice Cream, hard 52,484 54,975 4.7 104,641 111,965 7.0
Ice Cream, lowfat, total 33,278 34,128 2.6 64,164 64,865 1.1
Frozen Yogurt 4,160 4,264 2.5 8,192 8,068 -1.5
Notes: Production reported in thousands of pounds, except frozen products, which are reported in thousands of gallons.
Source: USDA. All production percentages are rounded.
1Includes, Cheddar, Colby, Monterey and Jack. 2Includes protein standardized and blends.
3YTD includes current plus revised previous months' data. *YTD 2020 numbers are revised.

Milk Production — February 2021
Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Pct. Chg. YTD 2019 YTD 2020* Pct. Chg.
Arizona 416 398 -4.3 835 822 -1.6
California 3,377 3,328 -1.5 6,911 6,931 0.3
Colorado 399 404 1.3 821 854 4.0
Florida 205 188 -8.3 420 387 -7.9
Georgia 152 145 -4.6 313 302 -3.5
Idaho 1,267 1,228 -3.1 2,615 2,586 -1.1
Illinois 147 145 -1.4 300 302 0.7
Indiana 329 351 6.7 676 737 9.0
Iowa 429 422 -1.6 882 889 0.8
Kansas 322 324 0.6 666 683 2.6
Michigan 918 920 0.2 1,892 1,936 2.3
Minnesota 792 809 2.1 1,631 1,702 4.4
New Mexico 674 657 -2.5 1,385 1,378 -0.5
New York 1,218 1,196 -1.8 2,509 2,502 -0.3
Ohio 445 442 -0.7 914 928 1.5
Oregon 211 201 -4.7 434 421 -3.0
Pennsylvania 833 798 -4.2 1,699 1,672 -1.6
South Dakota 237 251 5.9 487 529 8.6
Texas 1,173 1,193 1.7 2,428 2,515 3.6
Utah 177 169 -4.5 363 354 -2.5
Vermont 214 199 -7.0 440 419 -4.8
Virginia 127 118 -7.1 261 248 -5.0
Washington 544 513 -5.7 1,121 1,079 -3.7
Wisconsin 2,432 2,423 -0.4 5,009 5,092 1.7
24 STATE TOTAL 17,038 16,822 -1.3 35,012 35,268 0.7
EST. U.S. TOTAL 17,895 17,630 -1.5 36,772 36,955 0.5
Note: Production reported in millions of pounds. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. *YTD figures include preliminary current month plus revised previous months.

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