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Cheese (40# Blocks), USA
This page contains the wholesale prices for US-produced Cheddar (40# block), as recorded weekly by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

The cheese prices recorded over the last ten weeks are listed in the table, while the graph to the side illustrates price trends over the past three years.

The graphs below compare prices for Cheddar in the US and in Oceania, in both Euros and dollars, over a given period.
Survey Date
USA, Chicago
Weekly prices of Cheese (40# Blocks)
US $ per lb US $ per ton ± on prev. price € per ton ± on prev. price
Friday 7 Jul 2017
1,5525 3.423 +1,80% 3.006 +2,05%
Friday 30 Jun 2017
1,5250 3.362 -0,97% 2.946 -3,09%
Friday 23 Jun 2017
1,5400 3.395 -4,64% 3.040 -4,67%
Friday 16 Jun 2017
1,6150 3.560 -0,92% 3.189 -0,36%
Friday 9 Jun 2017
1,6300 3.594 -4,12% 3.200 -4,20%
Friday 2 Jun 2017
1,7000 3.748 -1,88% 3.341 -1,92%
Friday 26 May 2017
1,7325 3.820 +3,74% 3.406 +2,96%
Friday 19 May 2017
1,6700 3.682 +2,14% 3.308 -0,33%
Friday 12 May 2017
1,6350 3.605 +2,19% 3.319 +2,82%
Friday 5 May 2017
1,6000 3.527 +8,11% 3.228 +7,65%
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.Source: Midwest up until 2002; CME from 2003 (40# Blocks)
 
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$/ton USA
Cheese (40# Blocks)		 OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 % on prev. month % on 2016 2017 % on prev. month % on 2016
January 4.025 2.407 3.208 3.390 3.428 3.755 4.913 3.370 3.238 3.737 -2,25% +15,40% 3.756 +0,84% +22,40%
February 4.402 2.691 3.169 4.226 3.260 3.636 4.807 3.392 3.267 3.585 -4,06% +9,74% 3.825 +1,83% +28,03%
March 4.015 2.774 2.844 4.050 3.325 3.606 5.218 3.423 3.307 3.186 -11,15% -3,67% 3.688 -3,59% +39,15%
April 4.121 2.681 3.122 3.538 3.328 4.046 4.966 3.496 3.135 3.285 +3,11% +4,78% 3.438 -6,78% +33,50%
May 4.644 2.520 3.201 3.741 3.365 3.978 4.450 3.610 2.910 3.658 +11,37% +25,71% 3.619 +5,27% +39,86%
June 4.453 2.500 3.077 4.635 3.596 3.766 4.464 3.753 3.275 3.532 -3,46% +7,83% 3.900 +7,77% +38,05%
July 4.367 2.573 3.423 4.675 3.716 3.775 4.373 3.705 3.684 3.423 -3,09% -7,09% 4.013 +2,88% +41,10%
August 3.870 2.993 3.618 4.325 4.016 3.881 4.812 3.793 3.968
September 4.179 2.911 3.825 3.880 4.287 3.966 5.197 3.678 3.586
October 3.891 3.253 3.782 3.829 4.586 4.022 4.813 3.680 3.572
November 3.825 3.519 3.198 4.106 4.162 4.083 4.164 3.566 4.164
December 3.090 3.588 3.036 3.564 3.839 4.298 3.485 3.225 3.823
Arithmetic average 4.065 2.876 3.296 3.990 3.745 3.900 4.647 3.554 3.499 3.484 3.725
± on previous year 1 -29,23% +14,57% +21,08% -6,15% +4,14% +19,16% -23,52% -1,55% +6,57% +34,15%
1 change from the same period of previous year
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