Cheddar cheese, Oceania
This page contains the wholesale prices for Oceania-produced Cheddar (39% maximum moisture). Prices are recorded fortnightly.

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 graph below compares prices for Oceania-produced Cheddar and German Edamer over a given period.
Survey Date
Oceania
Fortnightly prices of Cheddar Cheese
39% maximum moisture
US $ per ton € per ton
min / max min / max
Friday   10 May 2013
4.200 / 5.000 3.196 / 3.805
Friday   26 Apr 2013
4.200 / 5.000 3.211 / 3.823
Friday   12 Apr 2013
4.200 / 4.600 3.201 / 3.506
Friday   29 Mar 2013
4.200 / 4.500 3.280 / 3.514
Friday   15 Mar 2013
3.950 / 4.250 3.053 / 3.285
Friday   1 Mar 2013
3.900 / 4.200 2.971 / 3.199
Friday   15 Feb 2013
3.800 / 4.200 2.851 / 3.151
Friday   1 Feb 2013
3.800 / 4.200 2.804 / 3.100
Friday   18 Jan 2013
3.800 / 4.200 2.843 / 3.142
Friday   4 Jan 2013
3.800 / 4.200 2.900 / 3.206
Prices are U.S. $/MT (Metric Ton= 2,204.6 pounds) F.O.B. port. Information gathered for this report is from trades, offers to sell, and secondary data.
Source: USDA

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Show/Hide comparative table between Cheese prices (US$) in Oceania and the USA

$/ton OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese		 USA
Cheese (40# Blocks)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 % on 2012 % on 2011 2013 % on 2012 % on 2011
January 5.400 2.675 4.200 4.375 4.113 4.000 -2,74% -8,57% 3.755 +9,53% +10,77%
February 5.242 2.450 4.013 4.400 4.088 4.000 -2,14% -9,09% 3.636 +11,54% -13,96%
March 5.125 2.525 3.800 4.425 3.950 4.167 +5,49% -5,84% 3.606 +8,45% -10,96%
April 5.050 2.425 3.925 4.417 3.700 4.500 +21,62% +1,89% 4.046 +21,57% +14,33%
May 5.000 2.575 4.025 4.500 3.625 4.600 +26,90% +2,22% 4.060 +20,67% +8,53%
June 5.050 2.575 3.950 4.488 3.600
July 5.000 2.700 3.950 4.461 3.600
August 4.867 2.725 3.900 4.405 3.600
September 4.375 2.938 3.950 4.346 3.775
October 4.063 3.358 4.042 4.069 3.925
November 3.475 4.113 4.175 3.944 3.950
December 3.150 4.425 4.175 3.944 4.000
Average 4.681 2.958 4.007 4.319 3.823 4.210 3.798
Change on previous year -36,81% +35,47% +7,81% -11,49% +10,12% +1,42%