MD_DA810 Cheese - Northeastern U.S. Report 39 - Released on September 25, 2019 Cheese production is fairly strong in the Northeast region. Milk availability for Class III is a bit higher than in recent weeks, as most schools have adequate milk supplies for their pipelines. Mozzarella and provolone cheese processing is active, and customers' orders are healthy. Swiss cheese production is a bit slower, as processing is not as vigorous for this time of year. Cheddar cheese production is fairly stable currently. Cheese supplies are balanced to increasing in the region. Spot market trading activities for cheddar barrels are steady to a bit higher. On the CME Group, cheddar cheese 40-pound block spot prices are still showing signs of strength. In the Northeast, the wholesale cheese prices for cheddar and Muenster increased $0.0250 this week. However, the process cheese price decreased $0.0600. The Grade A Swiss price is unchanged currently. National Retail Report Dairy ± Cheese Summary Advertised Prices at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets ending during the period of 9/20/2019 to 9/26/2019 Cheese 8 oz. Blocks Weighted Average Price National This Period Last Week Last Year Conventional $2.25 $2.12 $2.21 Organic $3.00 $3.49 $5.99 Regional (Conventional) Wtd. Ave. Low High Northeast $2.29 $1.50 $3.00 Southeast $2.20 $2.00 $3.00 Cheese 8 oz. Shred Weighted Average Price National This Period Last Week Last Year Conventional $2.35 $2.28 $2.25 Organic $3.36 $3.49 $2.99 Regional (Conventional) Wtd. Ave. Low High Northeast $2.54 $1.77 $3.00 Southeast $2.35 $1.49 $3.00 Regional (Organic) Wtd. Ave. Low High Northeast $3.99 $3.99 $3.99 WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS)) Cheddar 40 pound Block 2.5825-2.8675 Muenster 2.5675-2.9175 Process American 5 pound Sliced 1.9425-2.4225 Swiss 10-14 pound Cuts 3.2650-3.5875 Information for the period September 23 - 27, 2019, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: This week, a cooperative export assistance program accepted requests for export assistance to sell 608,476 pounds (276 metric tons) of cheese and 297,624 pounds (135 metric tons) of cream cheese. Cold Storage ± Cheese Summary Released September 23, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 8/31/19 Stocks in all Warehouses (1,000 pounds) as a percent of Natural Cheese 8/31/18 7/31/19 8/31/19 8/31/18 7/31/19 Total natural cheese 1,360,489 1,362,375 1,363,080 100 100 American, total 787,435 774,786 768,202 98 99 New England 66,748 69,688 70,744 106 102 Middle Atlantic 63,823 74,628 79,442 124 106 East North Central 333,649 343,057 334,663 100 98 West North Central 140,196 119,968 110,699 79 92 South Atlantic 826 275 265 32 96 East South Central 11,940 9,813 9,977 84 102 West South Central 10,130 5,858 4,114 41 70 Mountain 54,986 47,060 51,046 93 108 Pacific 105,137 104,439 107,252 102 103 Swiss, total 31,211 27,203 26,940 86 99 Other, total 541,843 560,386 567,938 105 101 New England 760 697 955 126 137 Middle Atlantic 18,938 14,799 15,214 80 103 East North Central 371,683 369,451 366,095 98 99 West North Central 46,916 45,208 49,140 105 109 South Atlantic 26,982 39,604 38,442 142 97 East South Central 13,445 28,343 35,419 263 125 West South Central 1,190 1,639 1,462 123 89 Mountain 2,716 2,575 2,682 99 104 Pacific 59,213 58,070 58,529 99 101 Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI JESSICA MUELLER, 608-422-8589 Email: jessica.mueller@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