MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 36 - Released on September 10, 2021 ORGANIC DAIRY RETAIL OVERVIEW Organic Whole Milk Retail Prices. The August 2021 in-store retail surveys of selected supermarkets in twenty-nine U.S. cities show the retail prices of organic whole milk, half gallon containers. Prices range from $3.15 in Indianapolis, IN, to $5.99 in Pittsburg, PA. The simple average price for August 2021 is $4.15, up 3 cents from last month. The graph below shows the August 2021 organic milk prices for half gallon packages, in each of the 29 U.S. cities surveyed. Organic Dairy Retail Ads Summary. Organic dairy retail ad numbers climbed 54 percent, prompted by upticks in advertisements from Midwest (91%), Southeast (34%), and Northeast (112%) regions. Overall, organic yogurt and organic milk posted increases of 82 percent and 60 percent, respectively, in retail ads. The average price for 16 ounce organic butter, $5.79, is up 45 cents over the previous survey period. The organic 8 ounce cream cheese average price, $2.58, rose 9 cents above the retail survey last week. The organic average advertised retail commodity price, on the whole, declined 23 cents this period. The difference between the half gallon conventional milk price, $1.2.64, and the half gallon organic milk price, $4.17, is an organic premium of $1.53. The price spread between organic and conventional milk, half gallon package, declined $0.45 from the last retail survey. 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 16oz. Butter $5.79 $5.34 $5.79 Milk Half Gal. $4.17 $4.22 $3.95 Gallon $6.20 $5.79 $6.28 8 oz.UHT n.a. $1.00 $0.88 Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. n.a. 32 oz. Greek $4.83 $5.55 n.a. 4-6 oz. Yogurt $1.25 $1.25 $1.32 32 oz. Yogurt $3.73 $3.87 $3.20 Data source: USDA Dairy Market News Information for the period September 6 - 10, 2021, 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