Announcement of Advanced Prices and Pricing Factors for October 2012
Release Date: September 19, 2012

Base Class I Price:                                     18.88 (per hundredweight)
Base Skim Milk Price for Class I:                       12.31 (per hundredweight)

Advanced Class III Skim Milk Pricing Factor:            12.31 (per hundredweight)
Advanced Class IV Skim Milk Pricing Factor:             10.72 (per hundredweight)
Advanced Butterfat Pricing Factor:                     2.0008 (per pound)

Class II Skim Milk Price:                               11.42 (per hundredweight)
Class II Nonfat Solids Price:                          1.2689 (per pound)

Two-week Product Price Averages:
     Butter                                            1.8237 (per pound)
     Nonfat Dry Milk                                   1.3708 (per pound)
     Cheese                                            1.8542 (per pound)
     Dry Whey                                          0.5804 (per pound)

Special information for Appalachian and Southeast:
     Diesel Fuel Price                                  4.029 (per gallon)
     Mileage Rate Factor                              0.00497 (per hundredweight per mile)