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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 24 Nov 2023
1,5900 3.505 -0,63% 3.216 -1,09%
Friday 17 Nov 2023
1,6000 3.527 0,00% 3.251 -1,46%
Friday 10 Nov 2023
1,6000 3.527 -3,90% 3.299 -4,17%
Friday 3 Nov 2023
1,6650 3.671 -3,76% 3.443 -4,85%
Friday 27 Oct 2023
1,7300 3.814 -3,22% 3.619 -3,05%
Friday 20 Oct 2023
1,7875 3.941 +5,15% 3.733 +5,75%
Friday 13 Oct 2023
1,7000 3.748 -0,15% 3.529 -1,02%
Friday 6 Oct 2023
1,7025 3.753 -1,02% 3.566 -0,90%
Friday 29 Sep 2023
1,7200 3.792 -3,37% 3.598 -2,49%
Friday 22 Sep 2023
1,7800 3.924 -5,32% 3.690 -4,47%
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
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 % on prev. month % on 2022 2023 % on prev. month % on 2022
January 3.370 3.238 3.737 3.300 3.096 4.249 3.784 4.141 4.327 -5,92% +4,49% 4.938 -0,38% -11,34%
February 3.392 3.267 3.585 3.311 3.419 3.990 3.501 4.266 4.127 -4,62% -3,26% 4.969 +0,63% -11,86%
March 3.423 3.307 3.186 3.435 3.492 3.886 3.876 4.820 4.267 +3,40% -11,47% 4.667 -6,08% -24,27%
April 3.496 3.135 3.285 3.544 3.669 2.363 3.958 5.181 3.882 -9,04% -25,08% 4.413 -5,45% -29,35%
May 3.610 2.910 3.658 3.570 3.694 3.729 3.622 5.135 3.392 -12,60% -33,94% 4.563 +3,40% -23,48%
June 3.753 3.275 3.532 3.473 3.978 5.676 3.297 4.828 3.072 -9,44% -36,37% 4.856 +6,44% -9,33%
July 3.705 3.684 3.687 3.380 3.989 5.751 3.578 4.439 3.617 +17,73% -18,52% 4.288 -11,71% -17,45%
August 3.793 3.968 3.773 3.594 4.135 3.859 3.797 3.963 4.369 +20,80% +10,26% 4.088 -4,66% -19,26%
September 3.678 3.586 3.589 3.634 4.524 5.221 3.872 4.264 4.081 -6,60% -4,29% 4.146 +1,43% -19,95%
October 3.680 3.572 3.789 3.457 4.510 5.967 3.935 4.459 3.814 -6,54% -14,46% 3.888 -6,23% -22,15%
November 3.566 4.164 3.668 3.084 4.350 4.181 3.886 4.736 3.558 -6,72% -24,88% 3.919 +0,80% -20,23%
December 3.225 3.823 3.351 3.074 4.110 3.537 4.172 4.599
Average* 3.558 3.494 3.570 3.405 3.914 4.367 3.773 4.569 3.864 4.430
Change (1) -23,30% -1,78% +2,17% -4,63% +14,95% +11,59% -13,60% +21,09% -15,38% -19,15%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
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