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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 23 May 2025
2,4200 5.335 +3,31% 4.718 +2,18%
Friday 16 May 2025
2,3425 5.164 +0,54% 4.617 +1,54%
Friday 9 May 2025
2,3300 5.137 0,00% 4.547 +0,67%
Friday 2 May 2025
2,3300 5.137 +2,19% 4.517 +2,22%
Friday 25 Apr 2025
2,2800 5.027 -2,67% 4.419 -2,80%
Friday 18 Apr 2025
2,3425 5.164 -0,21% 4.546 -2,65%
Friday 11 Apr 2025
2,3475 5.175 +2,29% 4.670 +2,43%
Friday 4 Apr 2025
2,2950 5.060 -2,34% 4.559 -5,09%
Friday 28 Mar 2025
2,3500 5.181 +2,06% 4.804 +2,52%
Friday 21 Mar 2025
2,3025 5.076 -1,71% 4.686 -1,73%
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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Butter, Grade AA 		OCEANIA
Butter, 82% Butterfat		 GERMANY
Deutsche Markenbutter, lose
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024
January 4.914 4.766 4.956 4.193 2.971 6.031 5.182 5.758 5.576 -0,24% -3,17% 6.750 +0,28% +19,73% 7.688 -8,26% +29,54%
February 4.711 4.631 5.013 3.920 3.132 5.805 5.287 6.082 5.246 -5,92% -13,75% 7.294 +8,06% +17,17% 7.438 -3,24% +23,66%
March 4.700 4.859 5.007 3.809 3.773 6.016 5.212 6.187 5.129 -2,23% -17,11% 7.550 +3,51% +15,78% 8.051 +8,24% +28,23%
April 4.619 5.098 5.005 2.679 4.011 5.992 5.180 6.476 5.106 -0,43% -21,15% 7.531 -0,25% +13,68% 8.285 +2,90% +32,40%
May 5.018 5.237 5.159 3.252 4.037 6.103 5.366 6.767 5.193 +1,70% -23,26% 7.819 +3,82% +14,04% 8.107 -2,14% +21,68%
June 5.623 5.149 5.270 4.084 3.897 6.473 5.305 6.833
July 5.782 4.914 5.283 3.728 3.717 6.529 5.673 6.833
August 5.889 5.039 5.023 3.295 3.686 6.596 5.886 6.915
September 5.368 4.971 4.772 3.347 3.913 6.914 6.331 6.619
October 5.163 4.978 4.660 3.200 3.976 7.018 7.425 5.879
November 4.919 4.978 4.501 3.051 4.367 6.302 5.896 5.724
December 4.880 4.861 4.362 3.274 4.813 5.883 5.741 5.589
Average* 5.132 4.957 4.918 3.486 3.858 6.305 5.707 6.305 5.250 7.389 7.914
Change (1) +11,40% -3,42% -0,79% -29,11% +10,67% +63,45% -9,49% +10,48% -16,06% +15,94% +27,03%
Monthly Average (May) Including Duty (1.541 US $/ton) 9.360* 9.648
Monthly Average (May) with an additional duty of 514 US $/Ton (2.055 US $/ton) 9.874* 10.162
Source: CME (Grade AA)
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
* excl. Australia
NOTE: Conversion in US$ of monthly average price of German Butter is calculated using the average exchange rate of the reference month.
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