Announcement of Class and Component Prices for December 2015 Release date: December 30, 2015 Class II Price: 16.71 (per hundredweight) Class II Butterfat Price: 2.9127 (per pound) Advanced Class II Skim Milk Price 1/: 6.75 (per hundredweight) Class III Price: 14.44 (per hundredweight) Class III Skim Milk Price: 4.43 (per hundredweight) Class IV Price: 15.52 (per hundredweight) Class IV Skim Milk Price: 5.54 (per hundredweight) Butterfat Price: 2.9057 (per pound) Nonfat Solids Price: 0.6153 (per pound) Protein Price: 1.3599 (per pound) Other Solids Price: 0.0355 (per pound) Somatic Cell Adjustment Rate: 0.00079 (per 1,000 somatic cell count) Product Price Averages: Butter 2.5709 (per pound) Nonfat Dry Milk 0.7893 (per pound) Cheese 1.5719 (per pound) Dry Whey 0.2336 (per pound) 1/ December 2015 Advanced Price Announcement For more information about the Federal Milk Market Order Program please review: http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/mmr/dmr For more information on AMS/Dairy Programs reports, call the Dairy Programs at: (202) 720-4392, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, or e-mail: dpp@ams.usda.gov. To receive e-mail notification for AMS Dairy Programs publications, visit Cornell University's Mann Library and follow the instructions: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/aboutEmailService.do