Cheddar Cheese Prices National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 4, 1998, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Cheddar Cheese Prices" call Shawn Clark at (202) 720-9168, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Cheddar Cheese Prices Mixed Prices received for US 40 lb. Block Cheddar cheese increased 0.1 cents per pound for the week ending August 28, 1998. This is the sixteenth consecutive week of increasing US 40 lb. Block prices. The price of US 500 lb. Barrels decreased 1.2 cents per pound. Data Reliability: The survey collects price information on sales of natural, unaged, Cheddar cheese at the first (wholesale) point of sale. Data are recorded for sales transactions completed during the survey week. A transaction is considered complete when cheese is shipped out or title transfers. The 67 plants reporting account for an estimated 85 percent of natural Cheddar cheese sales. Estimates for the prior 4 weeks are subject to revision. The next "Cheddar Cheese Prices" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on September 11, 1998. Only electronic subscriptions are available for this report. Print copies are available at USDA, Room 5829, SO. Bldg. This report is also available on autofax at (202) 720-2000. For Internet access, go to the NASS Home Page at: http://www.usda.gov/nass/. Cheddar Cheese Prices by Style and Region -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending Style and Region :----------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 28, : Aug 21, : Aug 14, : Aug 7, : Jul 31, : 1998 : 1998 1/ : 1998 1/ : 1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 40 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.6801 1.6750 1.6691 1.6597 1.6470 West 3/ : 1.6267 1.6279 1.6220 1.5980 1.5995 US 4/ : 1.6432 1.6419 1.6380 1.6197 1.6155 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 1,830,235 1,455,807 1,837,043 2,028,294 1,523,364 West 3/ : 4,740,521 4,229,624 4,513,970 4,435,936 3,900,478 US 4/ : 6,749,664 5,889,683 6,630,809 6,686,979 5,618,418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 640 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : US : 1.6500 1.6593 1.6105 1.6357 1.6145 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : US : 827,856 808,910 846,392 461,951 679,724 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 500 Lb. Barrels : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.5864 1.6016 1.6101 1.6112 1.6077 Oth : 1.5613 1.5745 1.5505 1.5537 1.5869 US : 1.5713 1.5862 1.5708 1.5785 1.5958 : Price Adj. to : 39% Moisture : MN/WI : 1.5086 1.5226 1.5265 1.5286 1.5217 Oth : 1.4617 1.4701 1.4481 1.4525 1.4840 US : 1.4802 1.4925 1.4744 1.4851 1.5000 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 3,267,459 3,136,053 2,873,207 3,688,127 3,788,800 Oth : 4,932,783 4,132,129 5,598,579 4,853,888 5,064,175 US : 8,200,242 7,268,182 8,471,786 8,542,015 8,852,975 : : Percent Moisture Content : MN/WI : 35.86 35.84 35.66 35.70 35.55 Oth : 34.84 34.67 34.69 34.75 34.77 US : 35.25 35.17 35.02 35.16 35.11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Prices weighted by volumes reported. 3/ CA, ID, OR, and WA. 4/ "Other Regions" included in U.S. total. 5/ Sales as reported by cooperating manufacturers.