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Cheese (40# Blocks), US

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 graphs below illustrates price trends in € and in local currency.

The graphs below compare prices for Cheddar in the US and in Oceania, in dollars, over a given period.
US, Chicago
Weekly prices of Cheese (40# Blocks)
US $ per lb US $ per ton ± on prev. price € per ton ± on prev. price
Friday 1 Nov 2024
1,8375 4.051 -3,29% 3.723 -4,01%
Friday 25 Oct 2024
1,9000 4.189 -1,30% 3.878 -0,70%
Friday 18 Oct 2024
1,9250 4.244 +1,99% 3.906 +2,61%
Friday 11 Oct 2024
1,8875 4.161 -3,08% 3.806 -2,13%
Friday 4 Oct 2024
1,9475 4.294 -7,70% 3.889 -6,73%
Friday 27 Sep 2024
2,1100 4.652 -5,70% 4.170 -5,69%
Friday 20 Sep 2024
2,2375 4.933 -1,65% 4.422 -2,88%
Friday 13 Sep 2024
2,2750 5.016 +0,22% 4.553 +0,96%
Friday 6 Sep 2024
2,2700 5.005 +2,71% 4.510 +2,63%
Friday 30 Aug 2024
2,2100 4.872 +8,47% 4.394 +8,93%
Source: Midwest up until 2002; CME from 2003 (40# Blocks)
Informative note
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.
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Cheese (40# Blocks)
OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 % on prev. month % on 2023 2024 % on prev. month % on 2023
January 3.238 3.737 3.300 3.096 4.249 3.784 4.141 4.327 3.296 -0,07% -23,82% 4.163 +0,45% -15,70%
February 3.267 3.585 3.311 3.419 3.990 3.501 4.266 4.127 3.445 +4,52% -16,53% 4.300 +3,30% -13,46%
March 3.307 3.186 3.435 3.492 3.886 3.876 4.820 4.267 3.214 -6,69% -24,67% 4.254 -1,07% -8,84%
April 3.135 3.285 3.544 3.669 2.363 3.958 5.181 3.882 3.572 +11,11% -7,99% 4.288 +0,78% -2,83%
May 2.910 3.658 3.570 3.694 3.729 3.622 5.135 3.392 4.141 +15,96% +22,08% 4.313 +0,58% -5,48%
June 3.275 3.532 3.473 3.978 5.676 3.297 4.828 3.072 4.172 +0,75% +35,81% 4.350 +0,87% -10,42%
July 3.684 3.687 3.380 3.989 5.751 3.578 4.439 3.617 4.181 +0,20% +15,58% 4.288 -1,44% 0,00%
August 3.968 3.773 3.594 4.135 3.859 3.797 3.963 4.369 4.478 +7,11% +2,48% 4.321 +0,78% +5,71%
September 3.586 3.589 3.634 4.524 5.221 3.872 4.264 4.081 4.901 +9,46% +20,10% 4.475 +3,57% +7,94%
October 3.572 3.789 3.457 4.510 5.967 3.935 4.459 3.814 4.222 -13,86% +10,69% 4.963 +10,89% +27,65%
November 4.164 3.668 3.084 4.350 4.181 3.886 4.736 3.558 4.051 -4,05% +13,87%
December 3.823 3.351 3.074 4.110 3.537 4.172 4.599 3.298
Average* 3.494 3.570 3.405 3.914 4.367 3.773 4.569 3.817 3.970 4.371
Change (1) -1,78% +2,17% -4,63% +14,95% +11,59% -13,60% +21,09% -16,46% +2,75% -2,45%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
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