MD_DA810 Cheese - Northeastern U.S. Report 10 - Released on March 06, 2019 Milk production is increasing on numerous farms in the Northeast. Milk volumes are plentiful in the region, and many operations are working on active production schedules. Cheese makers are receiving substantial milk supplies. Cheddar and Italian cheese production schedules are steady this week. Inventories are stable to building. Cheddar cheese prices on the GDT improved from the previous event. Northeast wholesale cheese prices for cheddar and Muenster shifted higher by $0.0125, but the process cheese prices moved down by $0.0050. The Grade A Swiss price declined $0.0725 following the release of the February 2019 Announcement of Class and Component Prices. Additionally, the Class III skim milk price for February 2019 saw a 21 cents decline. The DMN Northeast February 2019 monthly average price for cheddar blocks is $2.1133, compared to $1.9945 one month ago. Processed 5# sliced average price is $1.7176, compared to $1.6214 one month ago. National Retail Report Dairy ± Cheese Summary Advertised Prices at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets ending during the period of 3/1/2019 to 3/7/2019 Cheese 8 oz. Blocks Weighted Average Price National This Period Last Week Last Year Organic $4.32 $4.84 $3.49 Conventional $2.10 $2.36 $2.27 Regional (Conventional) Wtd. Ave. Low High Northeast $2.12 $1.49 $3.49 Southeast $2.18 $1.88 $3.00 Cheese 8 oz. Shred Weighted Average Price National This Period Last Week Last Year Organic n.a. n.a. $3.49 Conventional $2.09 $2.39 $2.20 Regional (Conventional) Wtd. Ave. Low High Northeast $1.94 $1.49 $2.50 Southeast $2.09 $1.88 $2.50 WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS)) Cheddar 40 pound Block 2.0625-2.3475 Muenster 2.0475-2.3975 Process American 5 pound Sliced 1.5425-2.0225 Swiss 10-14 pound Cuts 2.9825-3.3050 Information for the period March 4 - 8, 2019, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: The CME Group February 2019 monthly average price for barrels was $1.3867, compared to $1.2379 a month ago; blocks¶ average price was $1.5589, up from $1.4087 a month ago. This week, a cooperative export assistance program accepted requests for export assistance to sell 2.158 million pounds (978 metric tons) of cheese. Dairy Products Report ± Cheese Summary Released February 28, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Cheese Production ± United States: December 2017 and December 2018 Monthly Production (1000 pounds) Percent Change from Total Cheese 1 Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Nov. Region 2017 2018 2018 2017 2018 United States 1,105,490 1,081,017 1,092,349 -1.2 1.0 Atlantic 141,174 134,082 133,593 -5.4 -0.4 Central 509,498 483,331 490,779 -3.7 1.5 West 454,818 463,604 467,977 2.9 0.9 Monthly Production (1000 pounds) Percent Change from American Cheese 2 Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Nov. Region 2017 2018 2018 2017 2018 United States 443,974 422,011 424,642 -4.4 0.6 Atlantic 28,198 28,065 28,649 1.6 2.1 Central 227,125 206,121 211,057 -7.1 2.4 West 188,651 187,825 184,936 -2.0 -1.5 Monthly Production (1000 pounds) Percent Change from Italian Cheese Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Nov. Region 2017 2018 2018 2017 2018 United States 469,755 465,533 479,383 2.0 3.0 Atlantic 62,267 60,926 60,640 -2.6 -0.5 Central 190,361 183,203 185,585 -2.5 1.3 West 217,127 221,404 233,158 7.4 5.3 Cheese Production ± Cumulative Production January - December Cumulative Production Percent Change (1000 pounds) from Cheese Type 2017 2018 2017 Total cheese 1 12,659,091 12,930,350 2.1 American Cheese 2 5,071,991 5,160,413 1.7 Italian Cheese 5,383,864 5,534,423 2.8 1/ Excludes cottage cheese. 2/ Includes cheddar, colby, washed curd, stirred curd, Monterey and jack Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI JESSICA MUELLER, 608-422-8589 Email: Jessica.Mueller@ams.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 (MyMarketNews): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/ DMN Database Portal: https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-home