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Butter, US
This page contains the average wholesale prices for Butter (Butter, Grade AA) produced in the United States.
Prices are recorded weekly by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

The average Butter prices recorded over the last ten weeks are listed in the table, while the graph below illustrates price trends over the past three years in € and in local currency Furthermore, time series are available for monthly average prices of last nine years.

The graphs below compare:
  • prices for Butter in the United States with the volume of Stock over a given period;
  • prices for Butter in the United States, Germany and Oceania over a given period;
  • prices for Butter and Skimmed Milk Powder in the United States.
Survey Date
US, Chicago
Weekly prices of Butter
Butter, Grade AA
US $ per lb US $ per ton ± on prev. price € per ton ± on prev. price
Friday 19 Jul 2019
2,3975 5.286 -0,62% 4.713 -0,01%
Friday 12 Jul 2019
2,4125 5.319 +0,31% 4.713 +0,34%
Friday 5 Jul 2019
2,4050 5.302 -0,21% 4.697 +0,52%
Friday 28 Jun 2019
2,4100 5.313 +0,84% 4.673 +0,28%
Friday 21 Jun 2019
2,3900 5.269 +1,06% 4.660 +0,90%
Friday 14 Jun 2019
2,3650 5.214 -1,36% 4.619 -1,56%
Friday 7 Jun 2019
2,3975 5.286 +1,59% 4.692 +0,40%
Friday 31 May 2019
2,3600 5.203 -1,15% 4.673 -1,11%
Friday 24 May 2019
2,3875 5.264 +2,03% 4.725 +2,62%
Friday 17 May 2019
2,3400 5.159 0,00% 4.605 -0,09%
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.

Source: CME (Grade AA)
USD
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$/ton US
Butter, Grade AA 		OCEANIA
Butter, 82% Butterfat		 GERMANY
Deutsche Markenbutter, lose
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 % on prev. month % on 2018 2019 % on prev. month % on 2018 2019 % on prev. month % on 2018
January 4.630 3.493 3.288 3.910 3.503 4.781 4.914 4.766 4.956 +1,96% +3,99% 4.163 +9,00% -12,37% 5.109 +1,61% +1,28%
February 4.528 3.173 3.475 3.999 3.821 4.582 4.711 4.631 5.013 +1,14% +8,24% 4.369 +4,95% -13,38% 4.902 -4,04% -14,96%
March 4.620 3.263 3.609 4.233 3.791 4.354 4.700 4.859 5.007 -0,12% +3,04% 4.771 +9,20% -10,41% 4.670 -4,73% -21,84%
April 4.426 3.102 3.818 4.266 3.930 4.542 4.619 5.098 5.005 -0,04% -1,84% 5.606 +17,51% +0,34% 4.692 +0,46% -29,71%
May 4.572 2.961 3.512 4.798 4.278 4.532 5.018 5.237 5.159 +3,08% -1,49% 5.631 +0,45% -2,07% 4.579 -2,41% -35,29%
June 4.670 3.265 3.311 4.978 4.205 4.967 5.623 5.149 5.270 +2,16% +2,36% 4.813 -14,54% -15,57% 4.362 -4,73% -38,45%
July 4.515 3.496 3.256 5.419 4.253 5.018 5.782 4.914 5.302 +0,60% +7,91% 4.356 -9,48% -16,13% 4.202 -3,68% -35,21%
August 4.605 3.912 3.104 5.749 4.831 4.832 5.889 5.039
September 4.123 4.164 3.401 6.589 5.991 4.413 5.368 4.971
October 4.048 4.167 3.370 5.027 5.559 4.034 5.163 4.978
November 3.764 3.908 3.559 4.390 6.369 4.398 4.919 4.978
December 3.555 3.428 3.498 3.891 4.974 4.830 4.880 4.861
Arithmetic average 4.338 3.528 3.433 4.771 4.625 4.607 5.132 4.957 5.102 4.815 4.645
Change (1) +14,01% -18,68% -2,67% +38,95% -3,05% -0,40% +11,40% -3,42% +3,05% -9,75% -26,28%
Monthly Average (July) Including Duty (1.541 US $/ton) 5.897* 5.743
Monthly Average (July) with an additional duty of 514 US $/Ton (2.055 US $/ton) 6.411* 6.257
Source: CME (Grade AA)
1) change from the same period of previous year
* excl. Australia
NOTE: Conversion in US$ of monthly average price of German Butter is calculated using the average exchange rate of the reference month.
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