MD_DA830 Cheese - Midwestern U.S. Report 22 - Released on May 27, 2020 Cheese market prices continue their push to the $2 mark. This has some cheese producers in the Midwest questioning how long the current busy ordering stretch will last. Currently, however, orders are up. Both food service and retail demands have kept cheesemakers busy. A number of producers report six and seven day workweeks. Milk is much less available than it was in the height of the COVID-19 effect last month, when some cheese plants were down and others were running limited schedules. At this point, all reported milk prices are at least at Class, but most are at slight overages. Cheese inventories are reportedly tight, particularly regarding block cheese. Midwestern wholesale prices are unchanged for Swiss cuts, up $.3100 for process and up $.2950 for all other types. WISCONSIN WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS)) Blue 5 pounds 2.5275-3.5975 Brick 5 pounds 2.2600-2.6850 Cheddar 40 pound Block 1.9825-2.3825 Monterey Jack 10 pounds 2.2350-2.4400 Mozzarella 5-6 pounds 2.0600-3.0050 Muenster 5 pounds 2.2600-2.6850 Process American 5 pound Loaf 1.9175-2.2775 Swiss 6-9 pound Cuts 2.8625-2.9800 Information for the period May 25 - 29, 2020, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: COLD STORAGE – CHEESE SUMMARY Released May 21, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 4/30/20 Stocks in all Warehouses (1,000 pounds) as a percent of Natural Cheese 4/30/19 3/31/20 4/30/20 4/30/19 3/31/20 Total natural cheese 1,397,974 1,374,507 1,482,836 106 108 American, total 782,769 776,360 836,163 107 108 New England 69,797 68,360 71,093 102 104 Middle Atlantic 71,433 73,350 75,171 105 102 East North Central 337,752 316,578 350,208 104 111 West North Central 120,577 128,431 137,821 114 107 South Atlantic 418 107 145 35 136 East South Central 11,343 10,188 11,932 105 117 West South Central 4,879 10,141 10,877 223 107 Mountain 55,546 52,567 53,135 96 101 Pacific 111,024 116,638 125,781 113 108 Swiss, total 28,176 23,272 25,869 92 111 Other, total 587,029 574,875 620,804 106 108 New England 877 820 1,365 156 166 Middle Atlantic 14,386 21,242 27,998 195 132 East North Central 367,254 353,357 381,631 104 108 West North Central 46,241 48,258 51,928 112 108 South Atlantic 65,423 43,866 49,550 76 113 East South Central 22,962 38,177 37,677 164 99 West South Central 3,390 3,837 4,636 137 121 Mountain 2,826 3,837 4,578 162 119 Pacific 63,670 61,481 61,441 96 100 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: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov