What Information Should You Use to Determine What Constitutes a Good Price?
Below are a sample of the types of graphs that can be generated to help you determine whether the current cash/futures prices are abnormally high or low and the prospect for changes in these conditions. This list is by no means meant to be exhaustive. The data used to derive these graphs are obtained from the University of Wisconsin Dairy Marketing website. This website contains a wide variety of data that can be used to help you better understand current market conditions as well as possible changes in the near future. Use your imagination in the types of analyses you use to help you develop your own marketing plan.
- Information Concerning Futures Prices
- History of a Particular Month's Class III Contract's Settle Price with Announced Class III Prices
- Comparison of Today's Daily Class III Settle Prices with Recent Announced Prices
- DIfference Between Class III Futures and Average Announced Class III
- History of a Particular Month's Dry Whey Contract's Settle Price with NASS Dry Whey Prices
- Comparison of Today's Daily Dry Whey Settle Prices with Recent NASS Prices
- Announced Class III Price
- Comparison of Class III Prices Over Recent Years (Multiple Line Graphs)
- Comparison of Class III Prices Over Recent Years (Single Line Graphs)
- Range of Announced Class III Prices Over Recent History
- Year over Year Changes in Announced Class III Prices (Line Graph)
- Year over Year Changes in Announced Class III Prices (Bar Graph)
- Cheese Prices
- CME Block Cheese Prices
- CME Barrell Cheese Prices
- Year Over Year Percent Changes in CME Block Cheese Prices
- Dairy Product Stocks
- Total American Cheese Stocks (Line Graph)
- Total American Cheese Stocks (Bar Graph)
- Total Natural Cheese Stocks
- Total Butter Stocks
- Total NFDM Stocks
- U.S. Milk Production
- Milk Production Per Cow
- Number of Milk Cows on Farm
- Total U.S. Milk Production