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Cheese (40# Blocks), US

This page contains the wholesale prices for US-produced Cheddar (40# block), as recorded weekly by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

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.

The graphs below compare prices for Cheddar in the US and in Oceania, in dollars, over a given period.
US, Chicago
Weekly prices of Cheese (40# Blocks)
US $ per lb US $ per ton ± on prev. price € per ton ± on prev. price
Friday 15 Mar 2024
1,4700 3.241 +0,68% 2.966 +0,41%
Friday 8 Mar 2024
1,4600 3.219 -5,81% 2.954 -6,40%
Friday 1 Mar 2024
1,5500 3.417 0,00% 3.156 +0,17%
Friday 23 Feb 2024
1,5500 3.417 +4,73% 3.151 +3,75%
Friday 16 Feb 2024
1,4800 3.263 -5,73% 3.037 -5,60%
Friday 9 Feb 2024
1,5700 3.461 -4,85% 3.217 -4,35%
Friday 2 Feb 2024
1,6500 3.638 +7,32% 3.364 +8,10%
Friday 26 Jan 2024
1,5375 3.390 +6,40% 3.112 +6,23%
Friday 19 Jan 2024
1,4450 3.186 -7,52% 2.929 -6,57%
Friday 12 Jan 2024
1,5625 3.445 +8,89% 3.135 +8,55%
Source: Midwest up until 2002; CME from 2003 (40# Blocks)
Informative note
NOTE: The conversion US $ / € for each quotation is calculated using the exchange rate of the previous day.
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Cheese (40# Blocks)
OCEANIA
Cheddar Cheese
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 % on prev. month % on 2023 2024 % on prev. month % on 2023
January 3.238 3.737 3.300 3.096 4.249 3.784 4.141 4.327 3.296 -0,07% -23,82% 4.163 +0,45% -15,70%
February 3.267 3.585 3.311 3.419 3.990 3.501 4.266 4.127 3.445 +4,52% -16,53% 4.300 +3,30% -13,46%
March 3.307 3.186 3.435 3.492 3.886 3.876 4.820 4.267 3.292 -4,43% -22,85% 4.269 -0,73% -8,53%
April 3.135 3.285 3.544 3.669 2.363 3.958 5.181 3.882
May 2.910 3.658 3.570 3.694 3.729 3.622 5.135 3.392
June 3.275 3.532 3.473 3.978 5.676 3.297 4.828 3.072
July 3.684 3.687 3.380 3.989 5.751 3.578 4.439 3.617
August 3.968 3.773 3.594 4.135 3.859 3.797 3.963 4.369
September 3.586 3.589 3.634 4.524 5.221 3.872 4.264 4.081
October 3.572 3.789 3.457 4.510 5.967 3.935 4.459 3.814
November 4.164 3.668 3.084 4.350 4.181 3.886 4.736 3.558
December 3.823 3.351 3.074 4.110 3.537 4.172 4.599 3.298
Average* 3.494 3.570 3.405 3.914 4.367 3.773 4.569 3.817 3.344 4.244
Change (1) -1,78% +2,17% -4,63% +14,95% +11,59% -13,60% +21,09% -16,46% -21,13% -12,64%
* Arithmetic Average
1) change from the same period of previous year
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