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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 7 Nov 2025
1,6600 3.660 -6,08% 3.173 -5,94%
Friday 31 Oct 2025
1,7675 3.897 -0,56% 3.374 -0,19%
Friday 24 Oct 2025
1,7775 3.919 +0,14% 3.380 +0,62%
Friday 17 Oct 2025
1,7750 3.913 +4,41% 3.359 +4,07%
Friday 10 Oct 2025
1,7000 3.748 -5,03% 3.228 -3,86%
Friday 3 Oct 2025
1,7900 3.946 +10,15% 3.357 +10,01%
Friday 26 Sep 2025
1,6250 3.583 -1,52% 3.052 -0,85%
Friday 19 Sep 2025
1,6500 3.638 +2,17% 3.078 +1,02%
Friday 12 Sep 2025
1,6150 3.560 -4,44% 3.047 -4,75%
Friday 5 Sep 2025
1,6900 3.726 -4,79% 3.199 -4,55%
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
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024
January 3.737 3.300 3.096 4.249 3.784 4.141 4.327 3.296 4.138 +3,92% +25,56% 4.821 +1,49% +15,82%
February 3.585 3.311 3.419 3.990 3.501 4.266 4.127 3.445 4.109 -0,71% +19,28% 4.956 +2,81% +15,26%
March 3.186 3.435 3.492 3.886 3.876 4.820 4.267 3.214 3.611 -12,11% +12,35% 4.963 +0,13% +16,65%
April 3.285 3.544 3.669 2.363 3.958 5.181 3.882 3.572 3.814 +5,61% +6,79% 5.031 +1,39% +17,35%
May 3.658 3.570 3.694 3.729 3.622 5.135 3.392 4.141 4.112 +7,80% -0,72% 5.213 +3,60% +20,87%
June 3.532 3.473 3.978 5.676 3.297 4.828 3.072 4.172 3.847 -6,43% -7,79% 5.006 -3,96% +15,09%
July 3.687 3.380 3.989 5.751 3.578 4.439 3.617 4.181 3.653 -5,05% -12,62% 4.863 -2,87% +13,41%
August 3.773 3.594 4.135 3.859 3.797 3.963 4.369 4.478 3.904 +6,89% -12,80% 4.667 -4,03% +8,00%
September 3.589 3.634 4.524 5.221 3.872 4.264 4.081 4.901 3.627 -7,11% -26,01% 4.763 +2,05% +6,42%
October 3.789 3.457 4.510 5.967 3.935 4.459 3.814 4.222 3.885 +7,11% -7,99% 4.794 +0,66% -3,40%
November 3.668 3.084 4.350 4.181 3.886 4.736 3.558 3.764 3.660 -5,79% -2,78% 4.588 -4,30% -8,93%
December 3.351 3.074 4.110 3.537 4.172 4.599 3.298 3.982
Average* 3.570 3.405 3.914 4.367 3.773 4.569 3.817 3.947 3.851 4.878
Change (1) +2,17% -4,63% +14,95% +11,59% -13,60% +21,09% -16,46% +3,42% -2,37% +10,08%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
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