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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. Furthermore, time series are available for monthly average prices of last six 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 ± on prev. price min / max ± on prev. price
Friday 7 Jul 2017
3.975 / 4.050 +4,22% 3.491 / 3.557 +2,24%
Friday 23 Jun 2017
3.600 / 4.100 -2,53% 3.223 / 3.671 -2,01%
Friday 9 Jun 2017
3.700 / 4.200 +8,59% 3.295 / 3.740 +8,45%
Friday 26 May 2017
3.575 / 3.700 +1,04% 3.188 / 3.299 -2,15%
Friday 12 May 2017
3.575 / 3.625 +3,60% 3.292 / 3.338 +3,80%
Friday 28 Apr 2017
3.450 / 3.500 +2,21% 3.171 / 3.217 -0,15%
Friday 14 Apr 2017
3.300 / 3.500 -5,88% 3.104 / 3.293 -4,93%
Friday 31 Mar 2017
3.500 / 3.725 0,00% 3.260 / 3.469 -0,10%
Friday 17 Mar 2017
3.500 / 3.725 -5,86% 3.263 / 3.473 -7,72%
Friday 3 Mar 2017
3.750 / 3.925 -0,97% 3.567 / 3.733 +0,33%
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.

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 AMS Dairy Markets News; price of 2013-10-11 processed by CLAL

Click here to consult the graph showing the comparison among dairy products prices

$/ton OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese		 USA
Cheese (40# Blocks)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 % on prev. month % on 2016 2017 % on prev. month % on 2016
January 4.113 4.000 4.900 3.700 3.069 3.756 +0,84% +22,40% 3.737 -2,25% +15,40%
February 4.088 4.000 5.225 3.700 2.988 3.825 +1,83% +28,03% 3.585 -4,06% +9,74%
March 3.950 4.167 5.100 3.588 2.650 3.688 -3,59% +39,15% 3.186 -11,15% -3,67%
April 3.700 4.500 4.875 3.525 2.575 3.438 -6,78% +33,50% 3.285 +3,11% +4,78%
May 3.625 4.600 4.600 3.483 2.588 3.619 +5,27% +39,86% 3.658 +11,37% +25,71%
June 3.600 4.488 4.650 3.413 2.825 3.900 +7,77% +38,05% 3.532 -3,46% +7,83%
July 3.600 4.338 4.513 3.213 2.844 4.013 +2,88% +41,10% 3.423 -3,09% -7,09%
August 3.600 4.392 4.217 2.956 3.119
September 3.775 4.450 3.975 3.000 3.504
October 3.925 4.425 3.975 3.167 3.631
November 3.950 4.525 3.850 3.150 3.613
December 4.000 4.825 3.725 3.150 3.725
Arithmetic average 3.823 4.384 4.474 3.336 3.090 3.725 3.484
± on previous year 1 +14,66% +2,06% -25,44% -7,38% +34,15% +6,57%
1 change from the same period of previous year
  = min price
  = max price