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Dairy Prices
Minimum Class Price Letters
Minimum prices that milk processors must pay for five classes of milk; announced bi-monthly.
Minimum Class Price Letters
Excel File of California Milk Prices
Downloadable file that contains historical Class
prices and pool prices by month. Assessment rates for dairy producers
and dairy processors are also included. The file is updated monthly.
Download Dairy Price Excel File (460K)
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Pool Usage Percentage in Excel File (392K)
Class Price and Pool Price Announcement Calendar
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2009 Class Price Schedule (56K PDF)
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2009 Class Price and Pool Price Announcement Calendar (57K PDF)
How to Calculate Prices
Step-by-step instructions for calculating minimum class prices,
Class 4a and 4b price calculator, milk price formula diagrams.
How to Calculate Prices
Commodity Prices
Prices used in the Calculation of Class 1, 2, 3, 4A and 4B Prices.
Commodity
Prices used in the Calculation of Class 1 Price
Commodity
Prices used in the Calculation of Class 2, 3, 4a, and 4b Prices
California Nonfat Dry Milk Prices
Average price received for nonfat dry milk by California
processors; updated weekly and monthly.
CA NFDM Prices
A.C. Nielsen Average Retail Prices
Average, high and low retail milk prices for 52 cities
within California and lowest observedl prices for milk sold at retail; updated monthly.
Retail Prices
Monthly Mailbox Prices
Net prices received by dairy producers across the
U.S. by state or marketing region; updated monthly.
Monthly Mailbox Prices
Minimum Pool Price Letters
Minimum prices that milk processors must pay for
five classes of milk; announced bi-monthly.
Minimum Pool Price Letters