Current Milk Price Per Cwt
More American families struggle with higher food prices Dryer said the current farm price for milk is about $23 per hundredweight, compared to $17-$18 per hundredweight this time a year ago. The Daily Dairy Report is written by Mary Ledman, Sara Dorland, Sarina Sharp and Karen Endres. To subscribe visit www.dailydairyreport.com. The Daily Dairy Report is published by Daily Dairy Report, Inc.
Data for this Date Range Oct. 31, 2018 17.40 Sept. 30, 2018 16.70 Aug.
31, 2018 15.90 July 31, 2018 15.40 June 30, 2018 16.30 May 31, 2018 16.20 April 30, 2018 15.80 March 31, 2018 15.60 Feb. 28, 2018 15.30 Jan.
31, 2018 16.10 Dec. 31, 2017 17.20 Nov. 30, 2017 18.20 Oct. 31, 2017 18.10 Sept.
30, 2017 17.90 Aug. 31, 2017 18.10 July 31, 2017 17.20 June 30, 2017 17.30 May 31, 2017 16.70 April 30, 2017 16.50 March 31, 2017 17.30 Feb. 28, 2017 18.40 Jan. 31, 2017 18.90 Dec.
31, 2016 18.90 Nov. 30, 2016 17.80 Oct. 31, 2016 16.70. 30, 2016 17.40 Aug. 31, 2016 17.20 July 31, 2016 16.10 June 30, 2016 14.80 May 31, 2016 14.50 April 30, 2016 15.10 March 31, 2016 15.30 Feb. 29, 2016 15.70 Jan.
31, 2016 16.10 Dec. 31, 2015 17.30 Nov.
30, 2015 18.30 Oct. 31, 2015 17.70 Sept. 30, 2015 17.60 Aug. 31, 2015 16.80 July 31, 2015 16.60 June 30, 2015 16.90 May 31, 2015 16.80 April 30, 2015 16.60 March 31, 2015 16.60 Feb. 28, 2015 16.80 Jan.
Current Milk Price Per Cwt
31, 2015 17.60 Dec. 31, 2014 20.40 Nov. 30, 2014 23.00 Oct. 31, 2014 24.90 Sept. 30, 2014 25.70.
I was talking to a guuy who knows a farmer who milks about 100 goats. I never knew anyone bought goat milk commercially. I mean I know Deans Buys cows milk, because I used to sell to them, but does anyone realy buy goats milk? I dont mean to sound like I think goats milk is no good. I dont mean that. I just dont have ay goat dairy experience.
This guy said that goat milk is selling for $32 per hundred. Does anyone know anything about this? Cripes, cows milk is only selling for around $18 per hundred. I might need to buy dairy goats. Well, folks have done it---made the switch from cows to goats---but there are a few things you should be aware of first. For one thing, there isn't the kind of stability in dairy goats as there is in cows.
Goat processors go bust fairly often, compared to dairy cow processors, leaving producers with no place to market their milk. And most of the economic advantage in the price per cwt. Gets eaten up, and more, by the much higher labor costs in handling many small milkers vs. Few large ones. You end up making the same as cow producers after all the costs are paid. It's not the goldmine it looks at first glance.
I don't sell goat milk but I know a few farms that do. Various cheese plants buy goat milk & run a truck route for pickup. The cheese milk buyers in MN include Mont Chevre, Woolrich, Kolb Lena, & Kimball (don't remember the co. Plants are in MN, WI & IL.
Goats are seasonal breeders, so Dec-Feb milk is at a premium. I've heard up to $44/cwt. Average is $22-$28 mailbox. Minecraft gulliver mod 1.12. Not all plants pay for components. Goat milk also has totally different SCC limits. Goats have a different immune system & milk storage/release than cows, so they can have a high SCC and totally clean milk.
They still need a clean culture though. I don't sell goat milk but I know a few farms that do. Various cheese plants buy goat milk & run a truck route for pickup. The cheese milk buyers in MN include Mont Chevre, Woolrich, Kolb Lena, & Kimball (don't remember the co. Plants are in MN, WI & IL. Goats are seasonal breeders, so Dec-Feb milk is at a premium.
I've heard up to $44/cwt. Average is $22-$28 mailbox.
Not all plants pay for components. Goat milk also has totally different SCC limits. Goats have a different immune system & milk storage/release than cows, so they can have a high SCC and totally clean milk.
They still need a clean culture though. We are dairy farmers, but we make cheese.
Historical Milk Prices Per Hundredweight
Ultimately, milk is a commodity. Even 'specialty' milk like goat milk. Our research led us to the conclusion that the only way for US to be profitable on our small scale was to add value.for us this means cheese. It is VERY difficult to make a business of the milk end unless you sell direct to consumer, and consider raw licensing. (Not sure what your state laws are on that.) Even then, milk is tough for a small farmer. My best advice is that you stay REALLY small if you do it - there is money at both ends, but it gets really risky in the middle.