MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 36 - Released on September 4, 2020 ORGANIC DAIRY RETAIL OVERVIEW Retail Organic Milk Prices for Selected U.S. Cities. The August 2020 in-store surveys of supermarkets in selected U.S. cities show that prices for organic whole milk in half gallon containers range from $3.14 in Houston, TX to $5.84 in Pittsburg, PA. Surveyed cities that experienced a jump in prices, over the previous month, were Kansas City, MO., up 35 cents; Minneapolis, MN., up 15 cents; Hartford, CT., up 10 cents and Portland, OR., up 15 cents. The U.S. simple average price for August is $4.13, up 4 cents from the previous month. Organic milk, half gallon containers, have steadily posted monthly simple average price increases since March 2020. ¹ As collected by Federal milk order market administrators based on a survey conducted one day between the 1st and 10th of each month (excluding Fridays and weekends) in selected cities or metropolitan areas. One outlet of the largest and second largest food store chains are surveyed. The price represents the most common brand in nonreturnable containers. ² Simple average of monthly prices. 3 The California Order became effective November 1, 2018. Retail price data for Sacramento, CA, became available beginning in February 2020. Organic Dairy Retail Ad Analysis. This survey period, organic dairy store advertisements declined 1 percent. Retail stores across the country added organic sour cream to their weekly features this week. Organic butter posted for a second consecutive week, but ads declined 38 percent from last survey period. Total organic milk ads declined 34 percent. Organic milk, half gallon container, placed the greatest volume of ads for the category, while also declining 56 percent from the previous week. Total yogurt ads grew by 223 percent. Based on comparisons from last week of specific organic dairy items, the organic milk half gallon price, $3.95, is down 15 cents. But, the price of 16 ounce organic butter rose by 83 cents to $5.79. Advertising information presented is compiled from nearly 23,000 surveyed newspaper supermarket ads. Prices are valid from September 3–11, 2020. Retail survey ads reflect “advertised specials” and not the range of non-advertised supermarket cooler prices. Product pricing information of selected organic dairy commodities, from the current weekly retail survey, is presented in the following table: NATIONAL RETAIL ORGANIC DAIRY WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADVERTISED PRICE This Last Last COMMODITY Week Week Year Butter $5.79 $4.96 n.a. Sour Cream $2.50 n.a. $2.50 Milk Half Gal. $3.95 $4.10 $3.88 Gallon $6.28 n.a. $5.00 8 oz.UHT $0.88 n.a. n.a. Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. $1.25 n.a. 32 oz. Greek n.a. $4.98 $5.45 4-6 oz. Yogurt $1.32 n.a. $0.69 32 oz. Yogurt $3.20 n.a. $3.67 Data source: USDA Dairy Market News Information for the period August 24 - September 4, 2020, issued biweekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI DANIEL JOHNSON, 608-422-8605 Email: daniel.johnson4@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