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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 23 May 2025
4.975 / 5.200 -4,68% 4.402 / 4.601 -5,10%
Friday 9 May 2025
5.050 / 5.625 +7,29% 4.488 / 4.999 +8,29%
Friday 25 Apr 2025
4.900 / 5.050 -2,21% 4.315 / 4.447 -2,31%
Friday 11 Apr 2025
5.000 / 5.175 +2,26% 4.407 / 4.561 -2,69%
Friday 28 Mar 2025
4.950 / 5.000 +0,51% 4.585 / 4.631 +1,36%
Friday 14 Mar 2025
4.900 / 5.000 +1,02% 4.500 / 4.592 -3,41%
Friday 28 Feb 2025
4.850 / 4.950 -2,24% 4.659 / 4.755 -1,62%
Friday 14 Feb 2025
4.950 / 5.075 +2,30% 4.724 / 4.843 +1,47%
Friday 31 Jan 2025
4.800 / 5.000 +2,08% 4.618 / 4.811 +1,15%
Friday 17 Jan 2025
4.700 / 4.900 +0,79% 4.564 / 4.758 +0,80%
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)
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024
January 3.756 3.413 3.463 4.008 4.063 5.569 4.938 4.163 4.821 +1,49% +15,82% 4.138 +3,92% +25,56%
February 3.825 3.644 3.525 4.431 4.231 5.638 4.969 4.300 4.956 +2,81% +15,26% 4.109 -0,71% +19,28%
March 3.688 3.700 3.946 4.356 4.369 6.163 4.667 4.254 4.963 +0,13% +16,65% 3.611 -12,11% +12,35%
April 3.438 3.788 4.288 4.475 4.421 6.246 4.413 4.288 5.031 +1,39% +17,35% 3.814 +5,61% +6,79%
May 3.619 4.094 4.731 4.069 4.413 5.963 4.563 4.313 5.213 +3,60% +20,87% 4.066 +6,61% -1,82%
June 3.900 3.981 3.944 3.875 4.381 5.356 4.856 4.350
July 4.031 3.700 3.856 3.838 4.181 5.194 4.288 4.288
August 4.006 3.713 3.938 3.531 4.156 5.063 4.088 4.321
September 4.100 3.619 3.875 3.600 4.244 5.179 4.146 4.475
October 4.125 3.513 3.763 3.800 4.363 4.994 3.888 4.963
November 4.044 3.375 3.669 3.713 5.019 4.913 3.919 5.038
December 3.594 3.238 3.956 3.838 5.181 4.956 4.144 4.750
Average* 3.844 3.648 3.913 3.961 4.418 5.436 4.406 4.458 4.997 3.948
Change (1) +24,23% -5,09% +7,26% +1,24% +11,54% +23,03% -18,94% +1,18% +17,20% +11,72%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
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