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Cheddar cheese, Oceania
This page contains the wholesale prices for Oceania-produced Cheddar (39% maximum moisture). Prices are recorded fortnightly.

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. Furthermore, time series are available for monthly average prices of last six years.

The graph below compares prices for Oceania-produced Cheddar and German Edamer over a given period.
Oceania
Fortnightly prices of Cheddar Cheese
39% maximum moisture
US $ per ton € per ton
min / max ± on prev. price min / max ± on prev. price
Friday 27 Mar 2026
4.850 / 4.975 +0,51% 4.211 / 4.320 +0,15%
Friday 13 Mar 2026
4.800 / 4.975 +3,71% 4.183 / 4.335 +6,69%
Friday 27 Feb 2026
4.675 / 4.750 -0,53% 3.960 / 4.024 -0,05%
Friday 13 Feb 2026
4.650 / 4.825 +2,43% 3.920 / 4.068 +2,92%
Friday 30 Jan 2026
4.550 / 4.700 -1,07% 3.817 / 3.943 -3,58%
Friday 16 Jan 2026
4.650 / 4.700 +0,27% 4.003 / 4.046 +1,17%
Friday 2 Jan 2026
4.625 / 4.700 0,00% 3.946 / 4.010 -0,08%
Friday 19 Dec 2025
4.625 / 4.700 +0,54% 3.949 / 4.013 -0,04%
Friday 5 Dec 2025
4.575 / 4.700 +3,92% 3.929 / 4.036 +2,81%
Friday 21 Nov 2025
4.300 / 4.625 -2,72% 3.733 / 4.015 -2,38%
Source: USDA AMS Dairy Markets News; price of 2013-10-11 processed by CLAL
Informative note
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.

Prices are U.S. $/MT (Metric Ton= 2,204.6 pounds) F.O.B. port. Information gathered for this report is from trades, offers to sell, and secondary data.
USD
$/ton OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese 		US
Cheese (40# Blocks)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 % on prev. month % on 2025 2026 % on prev. month % on 2025
January 3.413 3.463 4.008 4.063 5.569 4.938 4.163 4.821 4.654 +0,09% -3,46% 2.960 -1,01% -28,48%
February 3.644 3.525 4.431 4.231 5.638 4.969 4.300 4.956 4.725 +1,52% -4,67% 3.241 +9,50% -21,13%
March 3.700 3.946 4.356 4.369 6.163 4.667 4.254 4.963 4.900 +3,70% -1,26% 3.523 +8,72% -2,44%
April 3.788 4.288 4.475 4.421 6.246 4.413 4.288 5.031
May 4.094 4.731 4.069 4.413 5.963 4.563 4.313 5.213
June 3.981 3.944 3.875 4.381 5.356 4.856 4.350 5.006
July 3.700 3.856 3.838 4.181 5.194 4.288 4.288 4.863
August 3.713 3.938 3.531 4.156 5.063 4.088 4.321 4.667
September 3.619 3.875 3.600 4.244 5.179 4.146 4.475 4.763
October 3.513 3.763 3.800 4.363 4.994 3.888 4.963 4.794
November 3.375 3.669 3.713 5.019 4.913 3.919 5.038 4.525
December 3.238 3.956 3.838 5.181 4.956 4.144 4.750 4.650
Average* 3.648 3.913 3.961 4.418 5.436 4.406 4.458 4.854 4.760 3.241
Change (1) -5,09% +7,26% +1,24% +11,54% +23,03% -18,94% +1,18% +8,88% -3,12% -18,00%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
  min price
  max price
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