MD_DA230 Fluid Milk and Cream - Central U.S. Report 19 - Released on May 09, 2019 Reports continue to convey spring flush has yet to materialize in the region. Milk production reports from a number of contacts are flat to slightly down year over year, up slightly week over week, while components are generally higher in all aspects. Bottling demand is steady to slower as well. As school semesters are wrapping up, bottling is expected to drop off precipitously in the upcoming weeks. With less skimming for school milk, cream prices are beginning to edge up. In the Midwest, multiples are approaching, or in a few cases breaking, the 1.30 mark. In the South-Central region, multiples continue to fall in the lower 1.20s for now, and some butter churners received some lower to mid 1.20s for cream spot loads. Spot milk into cheese plants remained steady, prices reported were the same as last week. However, a larger group of those prices are in the $.50 over to $.50 under Class range. Flooding and rising rivers have been reported in swaths across the upper Midwest. South from there, tornados, hail, floods and standing water in fields have been reported in Texas and Oklahoma. Farmers throughout the region are patiently waiting for improved conditions to plant and/or harvest crops. The DMN monthly average of the range price series for Upper Midwest Class II cream during April 2019 was $2.8389, compared to $2.7342 in March. National Retail Report Dairy ± Fluid Milk Summary Advertised Prices at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets ending during the period of 5/3/19 to 5/9/2019 Half Gallon, All Fat Tests Weighted Average Price National This Period Last Week Last Year Organic $3.87 $3.73 $3.85 Conventional $1.16 $1.45 $1.97 Regional (Conventional) Wtd. Ave. Low High Midwest $0.88 $0.88 $0.88 South Central $1.77 $0.99 $2.97 Regional (Organic) Wtd. Ave. Low High Midwest $3.09 $2.29 $3.79 South Central $4.15 $4.00 $4.49 Gallon, All Fat Tests Weighted Average Price National This Period Last Week Last Year Organic $6.99 $5.00 $5.85 Conventional $2.51 $3.16 $2.51 Regional (Conventional) Wtd. Ave. Low High Midwest $2.62 $1.98 $3.00 South Central $2.89 $2.89 $2.89 Midwestern U.S., F.O.B. Cream Multiples Range - All Classes: 1.2000 - 1.3100 Price Range - Class II; $/LB Butterfat: 2.8627 - 2.9763 Multiples Range - Class II: 1.2600 - 1.3100 Information for the period May 6 - 10, 2019, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: Dairy Products Report - Ice Cream, Regular, Hard Released May 2, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ice Cream, Regular (Hard) Production ± States and United States: March 2018 and 2019 Monthly Production (1000 pounds) Percent Change from Total Cream, Regular (Hard) March February March March February Region 2018 2019 2019 2018 2019 United States 63,553 52,120 65,559 3.2 25.8 Central 36,967 30,099 39,782 7.6 32.2 Missouri 3,811 2,965 3,403 -10.7 14.8 Ohio 2,227 1,721 1,897 -14.8 10.2 Ice Cream, Regular (Hard) ± Cumulative Production February - March Cumulative Production Percent Change (1000 pounds) from Report Month 2018 2019 2018 March 172,684 171,230 -0.8 Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI ISRAEL WEBER, 608-422-8601 Email: israel.weber@usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN Database Portal: http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home