MD_DA901 Organic Dairy Retail Overview Report 5 - Released on January 29, 2021 ORGANIC RETAIL OVERVIEW Organic Milk Retail Prices for Selected U.S. Cities. The January 2021 in-store surveys of selected supermarkets in twenty-nine U.S. cities reveal that the retail prices of organic whole milk, in half gallon containers, range from $3.14 in Houston, TX, to $5.84 in Pittsburg, PA. The U.S. simple average price, $4.10, is up 2 cents from December 2020. Organic Dairy Retail Ad Summary. This week, total organic ads for surveyed retail stores declined 1 percent. Organic yogurt, 32 ounce packaging, had the largest increase in ads, 186 percent, followed by organic cottage cheese, up 176 percent. Organic butter declined 68 percent. The retail milk price spread between advertised prices for organic half gallon milk, $4.37, compared to $2.71 for conventional half gallons, led to an organic premium of $1.66. The organic premium increased 64 cents from the previous week. 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 $5.83 $5.29 Cottage Cheese $3.86 $4.31 n.a. Milk Half Gal. $4.37 $3.65 $3.57 Gallon $5.53 $5.49 $5.87 8 oz.UHT n.a. n.a. $0.87 Yogurt 4-6 oz. Greek n.a. n.a. n.a. 32 oz. Greek $3.50 $3.50 n.a. 4-6 oz. Yogurt $1.25 $1.23 $1.32 32 oz. Yogurt $3.59 $3.50 $2.77 Data source: USDA Dairy Market News Information for the period January 25 - 29, 2021, issued biweekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI Eric Graf, 608.422.8590 Email: Eric.Graf@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