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   14 Jun 2013
1,7225 3.797 -1,43% 2.852 -2,89%
Friday   7 Jun 2013
1,7475 3.853 +0,14% 2.937 -1,19%
Friday   31 May 2013
1,7450 3.847 -0,43% 2.972 -0,86%
Friday   24 May 2013
1,7525 3.864 -0,99% 2.998 -0,97%
Friday   17 May 2013
1,7700 3.902 -4,07% 3.027 -2,19%
Friday   10 May 2013
1,8450 4.068 -3,40% 3.095 -3,04%
Friday   3 May 2013
1,9100 4.211 +2,69% 3.192 +1,82%
Friday   26 Apr 2013
1,8600 4.101 -1,06% 3.135 -1,33%
Friday   19 Apr 2013
1,8800 4.145 +2,31% 3.177 +2,89%
Friday   12 Apr 2013
1,8375 4.051 +4,26% 3.088 +1,86%
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.

carload=40.000-44.000 lbs.
Source: Midwest up until 2002; CME from 2003
Show/Hide comparative table between Cheese prices (US$) in Oceania and the USA

$/ton USA
Cheese (40# Blocks)
OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 % on 2012 % on 2011 2013 % on 2012 % on 2011
January 4.025 2.407 3.208 3.390 3.428 3.755 +9,53% +10,77% 4.000 -2,74% -8,57%
February 4.402 2.691 3.169 4.226 3.260 3.636 +11,54% -13,96% 4.000 -2,14% -9,09%
March 4.015 2.774 2.844 4.050 3.325 3.606 +8,45% -10,96% 4.167 +5,49% -5,84%
April 4.121 2.681 3.122 3.538 3.328 4.046 +21,57% +14,33% 4.500 +21,62% +1,89%
May 4.644 2.520 3.201 3.741 3.365 3.978 +18,23% +6,34% 4.600 +26,90% +2,22%
June 4.453 2.500 3.077 4.635 3.596 3.825 +6,38% -17,48% 4.575 +27,08% +1,95%
July 4.367 2.573 3.423 4.675 3.716
August 3.870 2.993 3.618 4.325 4.016
September 4.179 2.911 3.825 3.880 4.287
October 3.891 3.253 3.782 3.829 4.586
November 3.825 3.519 3.198 4.106 4.162
December 3.090 3.588 3.036 3.564 3.839
Average 4.065 2.876 3.296 3.990 3.745 3.805 4.273
Change on previous year -29,23% +14,57% +21,08% -6,15% +1,61% +11,77%