MD_DA830
Cheese - Midwestern U.S.
Report 21 - Released on May 26, 2021
Midwestern cheese producers are busy if they are processing this week. Some cheesemaker
contacts relay they are running through Saturday and continuing on the Monday holiday.
Contacts say other facilities being down for updates/maintenance, though, are a factor in
the onslaught of available spot milk this week. Spot milk loads are being reported more
regularly and cheesemakers are finding heavily discounted loads. Cheese demand notes remain
mixed. Some retail cheddar producers say buyer interest is and has been quite busy. However,
some other varietal cheesemakers are less busy. Curd producers, for instance, have reported
some slowdowns as pipelines have been replenished. Cheese block prices continue to move
lower day by day. Barrel prices have again overtaken those of blocks. Contacts typically
view the barrel-over-block price dynamic with a skeptical eye, as a majority of the year
barrel prices land slightly lower than those of blocks. Therefore, there is an expectation
that the markets will correct and that barrel prices may shift lower to find the normal
price pattern.
Midwestern wholesale prices are unchanged for Swiss cuts, down $.0925 for barrels and
$.1600 for all other types.
WISCONSIN WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED
DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS))
Blue 5 pounds 2.2500-3.3175
Brick 5 pounds 1.9800-2.4050
Cheddar 40 pound Block 1.7025-2.1025
Monterey Jack 10 pounds 1.9550-2.1600
Mozzarella 5-6 pounds 1.7800-2.7250
Muenster 5 pounds 1.9800-2.4050
Process American 5 pound Loaf 1.7225-2.0825
Swiss 6-9 pound Cuts 2.7350-2.8525
Information for the period May 24 - 28, 2021, issued weekly
Secondary Sourced Information:
This week, a cooperative export assistance program accepted requests for export assistance
on contracts to sell 50,706 pounds (23 metric tons) of Monterey Jack cheese. So far this
year, the program has assisted member cooperatives who have contracts to sell 15.5 million
pounds of American-type cheeses and 6.1 million pounds of cream cheese in export markets.
COLD STORAGE � CHEESE SUMMARY
Released May 24, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural
Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
4/30/21
Stocks in all Warehouses (1,000 pounds) as a percent of
Natural Cheese 4/30/20 3/31/21 4/30/21 4/30/20 3/31/21
Total natural cheese 1,478,640 1,468,986 1,453,134 98 99
American, total 834,295 834,412 830,757 100 100
New England 71,047 70,733 71,361 100 101
Middle Atlantic 75,174 71,880 74,479 99 104
East North Central 350,952 344,882 345,658 98 100
West North Central 136,402 149,070 145,160 106 97
South Atlantic 145 49 139 96 284
East South Central 11,932 10,693 18,432 154 172
West South Central 10,877 11,417 11,237 103 98
Mountain 51,985 55,534 50,921 98 92
Pacific 125,781 120,154 113,370 90 94
Swiss, total 25,694 22,661 21,170 82 93
Other, total 618,651 611,913 601,207 97 98
New England 1,278 765 918 72 120
Middle Atlantic 27,984 21,671 22,573 81 104
East North Central 373,305 379,793 378,842 101 100
West North Central 52,086 48,255 42,583 82 88
South Atlantic 49,681 38,756 37,733 76 97
East South Central 37,677 35,494 33,374 89 94
West South Central 4,645 3,329 4,308 93 129
Mountain 4,714 3,276 2,923 62 89
Pacific 67,281 80,574 77,953 116 97
Published by:
Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
ISRAEL WEBER, 608-422-8601
Email: israel.weber@usda.gov
Additional Dairy Market News Information:
Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602
DMN Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy
DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov