Cheddar Cheese Prices National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 11, 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 decreased 0.3 cents per pound for the week ending September 4, 1998. This is the sixth consecutive week that the US 40 lb. Block price has averaged greater than $1.60 per lb. The price of US 500 lb. Barrels increased 1.1 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 18, 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 4, : Aug 28, : Aug 21, : Aug 14, : Aug 7, : 1998 : 1998 1/ : 1998 1/ : 1998 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 40 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.6713 1.6801 1.6750 1.6691 1.6597 West 3/ : 1.6258 1.6270 1.6282 1.6220 1.5980 US 4/ : 1.6403 1.6433 1.6421 1.6380 1.6197 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 1,563,636 1,830,235 1,455,807 1,837,043 2,028,294 West 3/ : 3,951,232 4,784,293 4,259,665 4,513,970 4,435,936 US 4/ : 5,605,607 6,793,436 5,919,724 6,630,809 6,686,979 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 640 Lb. Blocks : Avg. Price 2/ : US : 1.6169 1.6500 1.6593 1.6105 1.6357 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : US : 921,834 827,856 808,910 846,392 461,951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dol./Lb. 500 Lb. Barrels : Avg. Price 2/ : MN/WI : 1.6032 1.5864 1.6016 1.6101 1.6112 Oth : 1.5736 1.5613 1.5654 1.5505 1.5537 US : 1.5862 1.5713 1.5787 1.5708 1.5785 : Price Adj. to : 39% Moisture : MN/WI : 1.5242 1.5086 1.5226 1.5265 1.5286 Oth : 1.4666 1.4617 1.4663 1.4481 1.4525 US : 1.4907 1.4802 1.4867 1.4744 1.4851 : : Pounds Sales Volume 5/ : MN/WI : 2,713,960 3,267,459 3,136,053 2,873,207 3,688,127 Oth : 3,691,872 4,932,783 5,416,437 5,598,579 4,853,888 US : 6,405,832 8,200,242 8,552,490 8,471,786 8,542,015 : : Percent Moisture Content : MN/WI : 35.84 35.86 35.84 35.66 35.70 Oth : 34.55 34.84 34.88 34.69 34.75 US : 35.09 35.25 35.23 35.02 35.16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.