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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.
US, Chicago
Weekly prices of Butter
Butter, Grade AA
US $ per lb US $ per ton ± on prev. price € per ton ± on prev. price
Friday 27 Mar 2026
1,8250 4.023 +1,39% 3.487 +0,95%
Friday 20 Mar 2026
1,8000 3.968 -2,57% 3.454 -2,08%
Friday 13 Mar 2026
1,8475 4.073 -8,08% 3.527 -7,52%
Friday 6 Mar 2026
2,0100 4.431 +9,24% 3.814 +11,08%
Friday 27 Feb 2026
1,8400 4.057 -1,60% 3.434 -2,11%
Friday 20 Feb 2026
1,8700 4.123 +9,68% 3.508 +10,81%
Friday 13 Feb 2026
1,7050 3.759 -0,29% 3.166 -0,93%
Friday 6 Feb 2026
1,7100 3.770 +8,23% 3.195 +9,79%
Friday 30 Jan 2026
1,5800 3.483 +0,32% 2.911 -1,88%
Friday 23 Jan 2026
1,5750 3.472 +16,24% 2.966 +15,42%
Source: CME (Grade AA)
Informative note
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.

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$/ton US
Butter, Grade AA 		OCEANIA
Butter, 82% Butterfat		 GERMANY
Deutsche Markenbutter, lose
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 % on prev. month % on 2025 2026 % on prev. month % on 2025 2026 % on prev. month % on 2025
January 4.766 4.956 4.193 2.971 6.031 5.182 5.758 5.576 3.168 -0,47% -43,18% 5.242 -3,27% -22,35% 4.915 -2,37% -36,06%
February 4.631 5.013 3.920 3.132 5.805 5.287 6.082 5.246 3.927 +23,96% -25,14% 5.913 +12,80% -18,94% 5.068 +3,11% -31,87%
March 4.859 5.007 3.809 3.773 6.016 5.212 6.187 5.129 4.124 +5,02% -19,59% 6.838 +15,64% -9,44% 5.288 +4,34% -34,32%
April 5.098 5.005 2.679 4.011 5.992 5.180 6.476 5.106 5.118 -3,22% -38,23%
May 5.237 5.159 3.252 4.037 6.103 5.366 6.767 5.246
June 5.149 5.270 4.084 3.897 6.473 5.305 6.833 5.615
July 4.914 5.283 3.728 3.717 6.529 5.673 6.833 5.607
August 5.039 5.023 3.295 3.686 6.596 5.886 6.915 5.018
September 4.971 4.772 3.347 3.913 6.914 6.331 6.619 4.052
October 4.978 4.660 3.200 3.976 7.018 7.425 5.879 3.599
November 4.978 4.501 3.051 4.367 6.302 5.896 5.724 3.295
December 4.861 4.362 3.274 4.813 5.883 5.741 5.589 3.183
Average* 4.957 4.918 3.486 3.858 6.305 5.707 6.305 4.723 3.740 5.997 5.097
Change (1) -3,42% -0,79% -29,11% +10,67% +63,45% -9,49% +10,48% -25,10% -29,66% -16,68% -35,20%
Monthly Average (March) Including Duty (1.541 US $/ton) 8.379* 6.659
Monthly Average (March) with an additional duty of 514 US $/Ton (2.055 US $/ton) 8.893* 7.173
Source: CME (Grade AA)
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
* excl. Australia
NOTE: Conversion in US$ of monthly average price of German Butter is calculated using the average exchange rate of the reference month.
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