Cheddar Cheese Prices by Style and Region -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending Style and Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 28, : Nov 21, : Nov 14, : Nov 7, : Oct 31, : 1997 : 1997 1/ : 1997 1/ : 1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 40 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.4503 1.4430 1.4324 1.4259 1.4307 West 3/ : 1.3704 1.3719 1.3719 1.3692 1.3684 US 4/ : 1.3864 1.3884 1.3844 1.3838 1.3837 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 828,482 873,026 1,018,343 1,405,855 1,204,089 West 3/ : 3,953,664 4,097,030 4,056,365 4,851,343 4,412,883 US 4/ : 5,038,214 5,401,882 5,502,238 6,397,365 5,776,342 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 640 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : US : 1.4047 1.3484 1.4000 1.4190 1.4125 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : US : 970,098 1,562,137 1,223,941 587,132 600,281 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 500 Lb. Barrels : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.4018 1.4237 1.4439 1.4484 1.4457 Oth : 1.4011 1.4280 1.4385 1.4401 1.4383 US : 1.4014 1.4263 1.4407 1.4430 1.4408 : Price Adj. to : 39% Moisture : MN/WI : 1.3299 1.3427 1.3634 1.3645 1.3649 Oth : 1.2973 1.3226 1.3343 1.3377 1.3394 US : 1.3093 1.3303 1.3460 1.3473 1.3481 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 2,463,899 3,306,215 3,151,365 3,378,856 3,241,416 Oth : 4,148,900 5,199,181 4,597,232 5,997,281 6,229,834 US : 6,612,799 8,505,396 7,748,597 9,376,137 9,471,250 : : Percent Moisture Content : MN/WI : 35.70 35.32 35.40 35.25 35.39 Oth : 34.12 34.14 34.24 34.33 34.50 US : 34.71 34.60 34.71 34.66 34.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Prices weighted by volumes reported. 3/ CA, ID, OR, and WA. 4/ "Other Regions" included in U.S. total. 5/ Sales as reported by cooperating manufacturers. Cheddar Cheese Prices by Style and Region -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending Style and Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 24, : Oct 17, : Oct 10, : Oct 3, : Sep 26, : 1997 : 1997 : 1997 : 1997 : 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 40 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.4257 1.4198 1.4142 1.4243 1.4289 West 3/ : 1.3712 1.3670 1.3681 1.3685 1.3701 US 4/ : 1.3843 1.3829 1.3841 1.3829 1.3836 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 1,023,123 1,440,675 1,596,960 1,316,912 1,009,442 West 3/ : 3,859,337 3,870,255 3,843,502 3,902,219 3,415,836 US 4/ : 5,000,976 5,488,269 5,648,115 5,342,611 4,502,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 640 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : US : 1.3992 1.3916 1.3853 1.3879 1.3878 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : US : 1,078,931 851,545 1,049,098 1,069,611 1,376,212 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 500 Lb. Barrels : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.4457 1.4330 1.4262 1.4138 1.4218 Oth : 1.4390 1.4292 1.4141 1.4016 1.4006 US : 1.4414 1.4306 1.4184 1.4061 1.4080 : Adj. Price to : 39 % Moisture : MN/WI : 1.3659 1.3572 1.3400 1.3311 1.3324 Oth : 1.3355 1.3322 1.3113 1.2969 1.3027 US : 1.3462 1.3412 1.3216 1.3096 1.3130 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 3,026,238 3,047,368 3,198,714 3,242,670 2,631,240 Oth : 5,438,437 5,310,989 5,704,523 5,415,431 4,924,923 US : 8,464,675 8,358,357 8,903,237 8,658,101 7,556,163 : : Percent Moisture Content : MN/WI : 35.43 35.59 35.08 35.21 34.91 Oth : 34.27 34.56 34.22 34.08 34.41 US : 34.69 34.94 34.53 34.50 34.59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Prices weighted by volumes reported. 3/ CA, ID, OR, and WA. 4/ "Other Regions" included in U.S. total. 5/ Sales as reported by cooperating manufacturers. Source: USDA