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Cheese - Midwestern U.S.
Report 8 - Released on February 24, 2021
Midwestern cheesemakers are reporting various production schedules. Some relay they are
scheduling four day workweeks one week and six days the next. Others are still reporting
robust production across the board. With food service demand deviations, a growing number of
cheese plant managers are using this time to schedule plant cleaning/maintenance. Retail and
some restaurant customer bases are somewhat active. Spot milk availability has tightened
some. Although some discounts were reported at near last week's mid point, prices of $2
under Class III were reported, also. Some contacts suggest this could be due to more milk
loads being spread out to refill depleted pipelines being refilled in the southern portion
of the country, following the havoc winter systems brought last week. Cheese market tones
are somewhat muted. There are a number of questions as to which direction markets will
follow, including the potential of further government awards, retail/food service
replenishment after most areas of the country begin to warm up, and continuously increasing
milk availability moving into spring.
Midwestern wholesale prices are unchanged for Swiss cuts, down $.0550 for process and down
$.0675 for all other types.
WISCONSIN WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED
DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS))
Blue 5 pounds 2.1725-3.2400
Brick 5 pounds 1.9025-2.3275
Cheddar 40 pound Block 1.6250-2.0250
Monterey Jack 10 pounds 1.8775-2.0825
Mozzarella 5-6 pounds 1.7025-2.6475
Muenster 5 pounds 1.9025-2.3275
Process American 5 pound Loaf 1.5275-1.8875
Swiss 6-9 pound Cuts 3.5800-3.6975
Information for the period February 22 - 26, 2021, issued weekly
Secondary Sourced Information:
COLD STORAGE � CHEESE SUMMARY
Released February 23, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),
Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
1/31/21
Stocks in all Warehouses (1,000 pounds) as a percent of
Natural Cheese 1/31/20 12/31/20 1/31/21 1/31/20 12/31/20
Total natural cheese 1,353,618 1,396,311 1,398,474 103 100
American, total 779,672 801,720 800,768 103 100
New England 66,933 69,598 70,208 105 101
Middle Atlantic 71,590 67,888 70,768 99 104
East North Central 319,673 327,920 323,453 101 99
West North Central 130,320 135,221 135,094 104 100
South Atlantic 131 77 48 37 62
East South Central 10,384 6,878 5,337 51 78
West South Central 5,325 8,001 10,598 199 132
Mountain 52,400 57,539 55,189 105 96
Pacific 122,916 128,598 130,073 106 101
Swiss, total 22,902 19,851 21,362 93 108
Other, total 551,044 574,740 576,344 105 100
New England 850 1,269 1,287 151 101
Middle Atlantic 16,593 23,387 21,018 127 90
East North Central 344,342 351,987 358,714 104 102
West North Central 49,169 51,793 50,229 102 97
South Atlantic 39,647 30,732 31,738 80 103
East South Central 35,079 37,387 35,825 102 96
West South Central 3,302 3,922 2,236 68 57
Mountain 3,914 3,229 2,745 70 85
Pacific 58,148 71,034 72,552 125 102
This week, a cooperative export assistance program accepted requests for export assistance
on contracts to sell 1.971 million pounds (894 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack
cheese. So far this year, the program has assisted member cooperatives who have contracts to
sell 7.463 million pounds of American-type cheeses and 2.661 million pounds of cream cheese
in export markets.
Published by:
Dairy Market News - Madison, WI
ISRAEL WEBER, 608-422-8601
Email: israel.weber@usda.gov
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