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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 18 Apr 2025
1,8350 4.046 +5,16% 3.561 +2,58%
Friday 11 Apr 2025
1,7450 3.847 +6,40% 3.471 +6,55%
Friday 4 Apr 2025
1,6400 3.616 +0,31% 3.258 -2,51%
Friday 28 Mar 2025
1,6350 3.605 +2,03% 3.342 +2,48%
Friday 21 Mar 2025
1,6025 3.533 -5,32% 3.261 -5,34%
Friday 14 Mar 2025
1,6925 3.731 +4,31% 3.445 +3,99%
Friday 7 Mar 2025
1,6225 3.577 -8,59% 3.313 -11,29%
Friday 28 Feb 2025
1,7750 3.913 -6,58% 3.735 -6,88%
Friday 21 Feb 2025
1,9000 4.189 -1,04% 4.011 -1,54%
Friday 14 Feb 2025
1,9200 4.233 +3,23% 4.074 +2,93%
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
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 3.836 +6,22% +7,41% 5.088 +2,52% +18,66%
May 3.658 3.570 3.694 3.729 3.622 5.135 3.392 4.141
June 3.532 3.473 3.978 5.676 3.297 4.828 3.072 4.172
July 3.687 3.380 3.989 5.751 3.578 4.439 3.617 4.181
August 3.773 3.594 4.135 3.859 3.797 3.963 4.369 4.478
September 3.589 3.634 4.524 5.221 3.872 4.264 4.081 4.901
October 3.789 3.457 4.510 5.967 3.935 4.459 3.814 4.222
November 3.668 3.084 4.350 4.181 3.886 4.736 3.558 3.764
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 3.924 4.957
Change (1) +2,17% -4,63% +14,95% +11,59% -13,60% +21,09% -16,46% +3,42% +16,03% +16,60%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
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