MD_DA810 Cheese - Northeastern U.S. Report 17 - Released on April 27, 2022 Regional farm level milk output is growing, and steady supplies are flowing to cheesemakers. Class III production is active. Some plants, however, are operating at a reduced capacity due to supply chain issues and labor shortages. Cheese manufacturers' inventories are generally plentiful. Market participants relay relatively unchanged demand, week to week, across sectors. Retail sales remain good on steadily strong consumer demand. Food service orders are level to higher. Export interest is hearty as U.S. cheese prices are favorable to international buyers. Through Tuesday on the CME this week, block prices have slipped lower while barrel prices pushed higher, inverting the price relationship once again. In the Northeast, wholesale cheese prices for both cheddar and Muenster are up $0.0350, and process cheese prices decreased $0.0100. Grade A Swiss prices are unchanged this week. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS)) Cheddar 40 pound Block 2.8225-3.1100 Muenster 2.8100-3.1600 Process American 5 pound Sliced 2.4775-2.9575 Swiss 10-14 pound Cuts 3.7400-6.0625 Information for the period April 25 - 29, 2022, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: EXPORT ASSISTANCE This week, a cooperative export assistance program accepted requests for export assistance to sell 101,000 pounds (46 metric tons) of American-type cheese. So far this year, the program has assisted member cooperatives with contracts to sell 42.2 million pounds of American-type cheeses. COLD STORAGE - CHEESE SUMMARY Released April 22, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 3/31/22 Stocks in all Warehouses (1,000 pounds) as a percent of Natural Cheese 3/31/21 2/28/22 3/31/22 3/31/21 2/28/22 Total Natural Cheese 1,468,976 1,466,985 1,458,112 99 99 American, total 834,403 831,198 822,213 99 99 New England 70,733 70,374 72,313 102 103 Middle Atlantic 71,880 77,906 77,295 108 99 East North Central 344,882 347,044 342,298 99 99 West North Centra 149,070 140,774 143,337 96 102 South Atlantic 49 471 262 535 56 East South Central 10,693 18,027 18,315 171 102 West South Central 11,417 3,335 3,190 28 96 Mountain 55,525 54,998 53,700 97 98 Pacific 120,154 118,269 111,503 93 94 Swiss, total 22,661 25,206 23,080 102 92 Other, total 611,912 610,581 612,819 100 100 New England 765 405 340 44 84 Middle Atlantic 21,671 16,143 12,932 60 80 East North Central 379,791 372,343 379,162 100 102 West North Central 48,255 42,997 42,333 88 98 South Atlantic 38,756 38,680 38,605 100 100 East South Central 35,494 30,347 31,807 90 105 West South Central 3,329 5,201 3,243 97 62 Mountain 3,277 4,636 4,499 137 97 Pacific 80,574 99,829 99,898 124 100 Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI CHELSEA ROCHELLE, 608-422-8594 Email: Chelsea.Rochelle@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