United States

Department of

Agriculture

Marketing and

Regulatory

Programs

Agricultural

Marketing

Service

Dairy Programs

Statistical

Bulletin

Number 975

Federal Milk Order

Market Statistics

2000 Annual Summary
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 PREFACE

 Federal milk marketing orders are established under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by this statute, under certain conditions and with 

producer approval, to issue milk marketing orders that require handlers to pay at least the minimum specified prices 

for milk purchased from producers. The complete orders are published in the U. S. Code of Federal Regulations, 

Parts 1000 to 1199. 

 This is an annual summary of monthly Federal milk order statistical data. These data have been compiled from 

reports that handlers (milk processors) are required to file monthly with the market administrator who administers the 

respective Federal milk order. These reports show the volume of milk receipts from each source and quantity of 

milk used in each form. From these reports, data are compiled and totaled for each order by the market 

administrator. The order summary report is submitted to the Market Information Branch in Dairy Programs and is 

combined with the summary reports for the other orders. 

 The data in this summary is for 2000. Similar data for the period from 1947 through 1999 have been published in 

43 previous annual summaries. 

 Issued February 2002 

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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 

Number

I. General Information

How Federal Milk Order Statistics Are Developed................................................... 5

Brief Description of Federal Milk Order Terms....................................................... 6

 

Table 1: Federal milk orders in effect on December 31, 2000, with number assigned

 each order in the Code of Federal Regulations and date on which each order

 became effective................................................................................. 9

Table 2: Measures of growth in Federal milk order markets, selected years, 1947-2000... 11

Table 3: Population of Federal milk order marketing areas as defined December 31, 2000,

 total and by State, according to the 2000 United States Census........................... 12

Federal Milk Order Marketing Area Map................................................................ 14

Summary of Major Order Actions During 2000......................................................... 15

II. Number of Handlers and Producers, and Quantities and Utilization of Milk Priced

Summary of the quantities and utilization of milk priced.............................................. 16

Table 4: Number of pool handlers, supply plants, and distributing plants under Federal

 milk orders, by order, December 2000......................................................... 17

Table 5: Number of producers delivering milk to handlers regulated under Federal orders,

 by marketing area, 2000......................................................................... 18

Table 6: Receipts of producer milk by handlers regulated under Federal orders, by marketing

 area, 2000........................................................................................... 19

Table 7: Average daily delivery of milk per producer to handlers regulated under Federal

 orders, by marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 20

Table 8: Butterfat test of producer milk, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000............. 21

Table 9: Nonfat solids test of producer milk, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000.........22

Table 10: Protein (true) test of producer milk, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000...... 23 

Table 11: Other solids test of producer milk, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000.........24

Table 12: Somatic cell count of producer milk, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000......25

Table 13: Utilization of producer milk in Class I products, by Federal milk order marketing

 area, 2000........................................................................................... 26

Table 14: Class I utilization percentage of producer milk, by Federal milk order marketing

 area, 2000........................................................................................... 27
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Number

Table 15: Butterfat test of producer milk used in Class I products by Federal milk order

 marketing area, 2000......................................................................... 28

Table 16: Nonfat solids test of producer milk used in Class I products, by Federal milk 

 order marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 29

Table 17: Utilization of producer milk in Class II products, by Federal milk order

 marketing area, 2000.......................................................................... 30

Table 18: Class II utilization percentage of producer milk, by Federal milk order 

 marketing area, 2000.......................................................................... 31

Table 19: Butterfat test of producer milk used in Class II products, by Federal milk order

 marketing area, 2000.......................................................................... 32

Table 20: Nonfat solids test of producer milk used in Class II products, by Federal milk

 order marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 33

Table 21: Utilization of producer milk in Class III products, by Federal milk order

 marketing area, 2000......................................................................... 34

 

Table 22: Class III utilization percentage of producer milk, by Federal milk order 

 marketing area, 2000......................................................................... 35

Table 23: Butterfat test of producer milk used in Class III products, by Federal milk

 order marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 36

Table 24: Protein (true) test of producer milk used in Class III products, by Federal milk 

 order marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 37

Table 25: Other solids test of producer milk used in Class III products, by Federal milk

 order marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 38

 

Table 26: Utilization of producer milk in Class IV products, by Federal milk order

 marketing area, 2000......................................................................... 39

Table 27: Class IV utilization percentage of producer milk, by Federal milk order

 marketing area, 2000......................................................................... 40

Table 28: Butterfat test of producer milk used in Class IV products, by Federal milk 

 order marketing area, 2000.................................................................. 41

Table 29: Nonfat solids test of producer milk used in Class IV products, by Federal milk

 order marketing area, 2000................................................................... 42

III. Class and Producer Prices and Gross Values

Summary of class and producer prices and gross values.............................................. 43

 

Federal milk order price formulas for 2000............................................................. 44
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Number

Table 30: NASS dairy product price averages used in Federal milk order price

 formulas, 2000................................................................................. 45

Table 31: Federal milk order Class I and Class II advanced prices and pricing

 factors, 2000................................................................................... 46

Table 32: Federal milk order Class II, Class III, and Class IV milk and component prices,

 2000.............................................................................................. 47

Table 33: Federal milk order principal pricing points, with Class I differentials.................. 48

Table 34: Class I skim milk price, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000................... 49

Table 35: Class I butterfat price, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000..................... 50

Table 36: Class I milk price, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000.......................... 51

Table 37: Uniform skim milk price, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000.................. 52

Table 38: Uniform butterfat price, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000.................... 53

Table 39: Producer price differential, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000................ 54

Table 40: Uniform milk price, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000........................ 55

Table 41: Uniform milk price at test and gross value of producer milk receipts for all

 producers and per producer, by Federal milk order marketing area, 2000............ 56

IV. Fluid Milk Product Sales

Summary of fluid milk product sales..................................................................... 57

Table 42: Packaged dispositions of Class I milk products by handlers regulated under Federal

 milk orders, by product, by order, 2000...................................................... 58

Table 43: Sales of fluid milk products in Federal milk order marketing areas, by product,

 by order, 2000................................................................................... 61

V. Milk Used to Produce Manufactured Dairy Products

Summary of milk used to produce manufactured dairy products.......................................... 64

Table 44: Milk, skim milk, and cream used to produce Class II products, by handlers

 regulated under Federal milk orders, by product grouping, by order, 2000............65

Table 45: Milk, skim milk, and cream used to produce Class III products, by handlers

 regulated under Federal milk orders, by product grouping, by order, 2000............66

Table 46: Milk, skim milk, and cream used to produce Class IV products and “Other Uses,”

 by handlers regulated under Federal milk orders, by product grouping,

 by order, 2000.................................................................................... 67
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HOW FEDERAL MILK ORDER STATISTICS ARE DEVELOPED

Introduction.

The statistical data generated through the administration of the Federal milk order program is recognized

widely as one of the benefits of this program. These data provide comprehensive and accurate 

information on milk supplies, utilization, and sales, as well as class prices established under the orders 

and prices paid to dairy farmers (producers). The sources of this data are monthly reports that are 

required to be filed by milk processors (handlers) subject to the provisions of the various milk orders. 

The local market administrator uses these reports to administer the provisions of the order and to 

assemble a series of statistical reports that summarize individual handler operations for the order, which 

are submitted to the Market Information Branch in Dairy Programs in the Agricultural Marketing 

Service.

Why Are Figures Collected?

Each month, regulated handlers (fluid milk processors subject to the provisions of a Federal milk order) 

are required to file a report of milk receipts and utilization (R & U Report) with the order’s market 

administrator (MA). The MA is the Federal official in each market who, with the assistance of a staff, 

administers the terms of the Federal order. The R & U report shows, for the month, the quantities of 

milk and milk products received at the handler’s plant from each source, either directly from farms or 

from other plants, and how this milk was used in the plant. All major fluid milk products and 

manufactured milk products are listed on the report form, and handlers are required to specify the 

volume and butterfat content, and in some cases, other milk components, of all milk used in each 

product. On the basis of these reports, the MA determines the amount of milk that handlers use in each 

price class, makes computations of each handler’s pool obligation, and calculates the minimum price the 

handler must pay producers. The MA also receives producer payroll reports from regulated handlers 

which are used to verify proper payments to producers and reports from nonpool handlers which are used 

to determine regulatory status.

Are Reported Figures Verified?

The local market administrator maintains a staff of highly-trained auditors who, on a monthly basis, 

review at each handler’s location, the books and records of plant operations for a previous time period. 

The auditors examine these records to determine whether the milk actually was received and used as 

reported, and therefore, whether the handler’s pool obligation was computed correctly. Reporting errors 

are corrected; if necessary, pool obligations are revised. Auditors also determine whether required 

payments were made to producers. As a result, all data reported by handlers is subject to audit.

How Are Summary Statistics Developed?

After the handler pool obligations have been determine d, the local market administrator generates a series 

of reports that compiles order totals from the individual handler reports and submits these to the Market 

Information Branch (MIB) in the Dairy Programs headquarters office. The MIB compiles program-wide 

totals from the individual order reports and disseminates this information in a series of monthly and 

annual releases on the Internet, in the weekly “Dairy Market News Report,” and in its own publications. 

Since milk marketing order statistics are based on reports filed by the population of possible reporting 

firms and not a sample, these statistics are comprehensive. Also, since the individual firm reports are 

subject to audit and verification, these statistics are accurate and reliable. Federal milk orders use terms 

that are specifically defined in order provisions. It is recommended that users of Federal milk order 

statistics become familiar with these terms, some of which are described beginning on page 6 of this 

publication.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL MILK ORDER TERMS

Following is a brief description of some terms used in Federal milk order statistics. For a detailed 

description of Federal milk order terms, see the specific order provisions in the Code of Federal 

Regulations.

Federal Milk Marketing Order.

A Federal milk marketing order is a regulation issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. Its purpose is to 

stabilize markets by placing certain requirements on the handling of milk in the area it covers. It is 

established under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended. It 

requires milk handlers in a marketing area to pay not less than certain minimum class prices established

according to how the milk is utilized. These prices are established under the order after a public hearing 

at which evidence is received on the supply and demand conditions for milk in the market. A milk order, 

including the pricing provisions and all other provisions, becomes effective only after approval by dairy 

farmers. It requires that payments for milk be pooled and paid to individual farmers or cooperative 

associations of farmers on the basis of a uniform or average price.

Marketing Area.

A marketing area is an area designated in a Federal milk order’s provisions within which the handling of 

milk is regulated by the order. Generally, the size of the marketing area is determined by the sales 

territory of competing handlers. The recent consolidation of orders also looked at overlapping areas of 

milk supply, the number of handlers within the area, natural boundaries, cooperative association service 

areas, common regulatory provisions, and milk utilization in common dairy products.

Producer.

A producer is usually any dairy farmer who sells milk to a pool handler. Producers must produce milk 

in compliance with Grade A inspection requirements, and their milk must be either received at a pool 

plant or diverted to a nonpool plant for the account of a pool handler. Producer-handlers are not 

producers.

Handler.

A handler is a person--an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit, that is 

subject to the provisions of an order. A handler can be an operator of a plant that is approved by a duly 

constituted regulatory agency for the handling of Grade A milk. A handler also can be a milk distributor

or a broker. A cooperative association that does not operate a plant can be a handler.

 Pool Handler.

 A pool handler is a handler that is subject in full to the provisions of the order, A pool handler can be 

 an operator of a plant that meets the minimum performance standards included in each order, a pool 

 plant. Such plants include distributing plants, plants primarily engaged in processing packaged fluid 

 milk products, and supply plants, plants primarily engaged in producing manufactured dairy products. 

 A cooperative association that does not operate a plant can be a pool handler. A milk distributor or 

 broker cannot be a pool handler.

 Nonpool Handler.

 A nonpool handler is an operator of a plant that, while it receives, processes, or distributes milk in the 
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 marketing area, does not meet the minimum performance standards of the order, a nonpool plant. 

 Nonpool plants include: a plant fully regulated under another Federal order; a producer-handler plant, 

 generally a person that operates both a dairy farm and a distributing plant; a partially regulated 

 distributing plant; an unregulated supply plant; or, an exempt plant, a plant operated by a governmental

 agency or a duly accredited college or university, for charitable purposes, or from which less than 

 150,000 pounds per month are distributed. Some nonpool handlers file monthly reports with the local.

 market administer that basically are used to determine regulatory status, but also provide some market 

 statistics.

Receipts of Milk.

Federal milk order statistics include volumes of milk received by handlers regulated under each of the 

Federal orders. Receipts of milk principally come from producers, but also may include other sources. 

The volume of milk that is reported as received by handlers from producers includes all such milk 

regardless of where it may be sold. Milk identified as that received from producers for a given market 

may come directly from nearby producers or from producers associated with a supply plant which, 

although located several hundred miles from the marketing area, is pooled on the market. Producer milk 

also may include milk that is diverted by a pool plant operator to another pool plant or to a nonpool 

plant. Other source receipts can include milk and dairy products transferred or diverted from plants 

regulated under other Federal orders or received from unregulated sources such as unregulated supply 

plants or producer-handlers.

Classes of Milk.

There are four classes of milk utilization defined in Federal orders. Class I use is milk disposed as a 

fluid milk product, milk products intended to be used as a beverage. Class I uses include plain and 

flavored whole milk, fat reduced milks, and eggnog. Class II use includes milk used to produce fluid 

cream and other cream products, cottage cheese, frozen desserts, and other food products. Class III use 

includes milk used to produce hard cheeses and cream cheese. Class IV includes milk used to produce 

butter and any milk product in dried form.

Pricing System.

The Federal milk order program uses product price formulas to determine milk component values which 

are combined to calculate monthly class prices. See page 44 for the applicable class price formulas. The 

factors in the formulas are dairy product prices, which change monthly, and make allowances and 

product yields, which are set in the formulas. The dairy product prices are those collected weekly by the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service in USDA. The most recent four or five weeks of prices are 

weighted by the applicable weekly volumes to determine a monthly average. Butter, Cheddar cheese and 

dry whey prices are used to compute values for butterfat, protein, and other solids, respectively. The 

protein and other solids prices are used to calculate the Class III skim milk price which, combined with 

the butterfat price, determines the Class III milk price. Butter and nonfat dry milk prices are used to 

compute values for butterfat and nonfat solids, respectively. The nonfat solids price is used to calculate 

the Class IV skim milk price which, combined with the butterfat price, determines the Class IV milk 

price. The Class II price is determined by the Class II skim milk price, which is computed in advance 

(see Class I price description below), and the Class II butterfat price, the butterfat price plus $0.007. 

The Class II, III, and IV prices are the same in each Federal milk order and are announced by the 5th of 

the following month.

Class I prices vary across the Federal milk order system and are announced in advance by the 23rd of the 

preceding month. The Class I skim milk price is the higher of the advanced Class III or IV skim milk 

pricing factors plus a differential specific to each pricing point in the country. The Class I butterfat price 

is the advanced butterfat pricing factor plus the specific Class I differential divided by 100. The 
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advanced skim milk pricing factors use the same product price formulas as the Class III and IV prices 

except that the product prices are for the most recent two weeks. The Class II skim milk price is the 

Class IV advanced skim milk pricing factor plus a differential of $0.70 and also is announced by the 23rd

of the preceding month. 

Producer Prices.

The Federal milk order program has two systems for paying producers, the component pricing system 

and the skim milk/butterfat pricing system. In the component pricing system, which is used in seven 

orders, producer prices are based on the value of components, butterfat, protein, and other solids, in the 

milk they market and the value of the producer price differential. The component values are those 

computed for the Class III price. The producer price differential, basically, is the weighted average 

value of the effective Class I and II differentials; the weights being the proportional volumes of milk used 

in Class I and II. Producers receive a price for each pound of milk component marketed and the 

producer price differential for each hundredweight of milk marketed. In four of the seven orders, 

producer prices are adjusted for milk quality as measured by the somatic cell count of the milk. For 

informational purposes, a statistical uniform price is calculated which equals the Class III price plus the 

producer price differential. 

In the skim milk/butterfat pricing system, which is used in four orders, producer prices are based on the 

uniform skim milk price and the uniform butterfat price. The uniform skim milk and butterfat prices are 

the weighted average values of each class’s skim milk and butterfat prices. The weights are the volumes 

of skim milk and butterfat used in each class. Producers receive the uniform skim milk price for each 

hundredweight of skim milk marketed and the uniform butterfat price for each pound of butterfat 

marketed. The uniform milk price under this pricing system is the weighted average value of the 

uniform skim milk and butterfat prices in 3.5% butterfat content milk.

Sales of Fluid Milk Products.

In Federal milk order market statistics, an important distinction is made between sales of packaged fluid 

milk products in a marketing area (in-area) and packaged disposition of Class I products by handlers 

regulated in a market. The latter are total dispositions under an order by fully regulated handlers only. 

Dispositions can occur both inside and outside the defi ned marketing area of that order and can include 

both route sales and transfers to nonpool or unregulated handlers. A route sale is a delivery to a retail or 

wholesale outlet (except a plant), either directly or through a distribution facility. A transfer is a sale 

(delivery) to another plant. Besides receipts from producers, these dispositions also may include receipts 

from other Federal order plants and/or receipts from other sources.

In-area sales includes route sales in each of the marketing areas from all sources; handlers regulated 

under the respective order, handlers regulated under other Federal orders, partially regulated handlers, 

exempt handlers, and producer-handlers. These data are useful in appraising trends in the sales of fluid 

milk products and in the per capita consumption of fluid milk products in the Federal order marketing 

area.
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Table 1—Federal Milk Orders in Effect on December 31, 2000, with Number Assigned Each Order in 

the Code of Federal Regulations and Date on Which Each Order Became Effective

Federal Milk Order

CFR-Chapter 7 

Part Number

Date 

Effective

Appalachian...................................................................... 1005 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Carolina -- 9-1-1990, and Louisville-Lexington-

 Evansville, minus 1 Kentucky county -- 3-1-1962; and,

 Addition of: former Tennessee Valley marketing area, 3 unregulated

 counties in Indiana, and 18 unregulated counties in Kentucky.

Arizona -Las Vegas............................................................ 1131 1-1-2000

 Central Arizona --12-1-1955; and, 

 Addition of: 1 Nevada county from Great Basin and 8 unregulated

 counties in Arizona.

Central............................................................................. 1032 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Central Illinois --1-1-1967, Eastern Colorado --12-1-

1965,

 Eastern South Dakota -- 5-1-1965, Greater Kansas City -- 9-1-

1966,

 Iowa -- 5-1-1977, Nebraska-Western Iowa, minus 11 Nebraska

 counties -- 5-1-1968, Southern Illinois-Eastern Missouri, minus

 6 Missouri counties -- 5-1-1988, Southwest Plains, minus 11

 11 Arkansas counties and 22 Missouri Counties -- 5-1-1987, and

 Western Colorado --12-1-1958; and,

 Addition of: 10 unregulated counties in Colorado, 14 unregulated

 counties in Illinois, 7 unregulated counties in Iowa, 23 unregulated

 counties in Kansas, 8 unregulated counties in Missouri, and

 8 unregulated counties in Nebraska.

 

Florida............................................................................. 1006 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Southeastern Florida --9-1-1957, Tampa Bay --1-1-

1966, 

 and, Upper Florida --1-1-1967.

Mideast............................................................................ 1033 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Eastern Ohio-Western Pennsylvania -- 5-1-1969,

 Indiana -- 1-1-1969, Ohio Valley -- 8-1-1970, and Southern

 Michigan -- 4-1-1973; and,

 Addition of: 9 Michigan counties from Michigan Upper Peninsula,

 6 unregulated counties in Indiana, 2 unregulated counties in

 Michigan, and 3 unregulated counties in Ohio.

 .

Northeast........................................................................... 1001 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Middle Atlantic -- 8-1-1970, New England -- 4-1-1976,

 and New York-New Jersey -- 8-1-1957; and, 

 Addition of: 3 unregulated counties in Massachusetts, 2 unregulated

 counties in New Hampshire, 6 unregulated counties in New York,

 and 11 unregulated counties in Vermont.

 

 Continued
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Table 1—Federal Milk Orders in Effect on December 31, 2000, with Number Assigned Each Order in 

the Code of Federal Regulations and Date on Which Each Order Became Effective –Con.

Federal Milk Order

CFR-Chapter 7 

Part Number

Date 

Effective

Pacific Northwest................................................................ 1124 1-1-2000

 Pacific Northwest -- 2-1-1989; and,

 Addition of: 1 unregulated county in Oregon. 

Southeast........................................................................... 1007 1-1-2000

 Southeast -- 7-1-1995; and, 

 Addition of: 11 Arkansas counties from Southwest Plains, 

 1 Kentucky county from Louisville-Lexington-Evansville, 

 22 Missouri counties from Southwest Plains, 6 Missouri counties

 from Southern Illinois-Eastern Missouri, 20 unregulated counties

 in Kentucky, and 16 unregulated counties in Missouri.

Southwest......................................................................... 1126 1-1-2000

 Merger of: New Mexico-West Texas -- 12-1-1991, and

 Texas --7-1-1975; and,

 Addition of: 49 unregulated counties in Texas.

Western........................................................................... 1135 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Great Basin, minus 1 Nevada County -- 4-1-1988, and

 Southwestern Idaho-Eastern Oregon --7-1-1981.

Upper Midwest................................................................... 1030 1-1-2000

 Merger of: Chicago Regional -- 7-1-1968, and Upper Midwest --

 6-1-1976; and, 

 Addition of: 6 Michigan counties and 3 Wisconsin counties from 

 Michigan Upper Peninsula--12-1-1958 and 7 unregulated 

 counties in Wisconsin

 
Table 2--Measures of Growth in Federal Milk Order Markets, Selected Years, 1947-2000

Prices at 3.5% 

butterfat content 2/

Receipts as 

percentage of milk 

sold to plants and 

dealers 

Gross value of receipts of 

producer milk 4/ Year

Number 

of 

markets 

1/

Population of 

Federal milk 

marketing 

areas 

Number of 

handlers 1/

Number of 

producers 

2/

Receipts of 

producer 

milk 3/

Producer milk 

used in Class I

Percentage of 

producer milk 

used in Class I

Class I Blend Fluid 

grade 

All 

milk

Daily 

deliveries of 

milk per 

producer Per 

producer All producers

Number 1,000 Number Million pounds Percent Dol. per cwt. Percent Pounds Dollars 1,000 dol.

1947 29 --- 991 135,830 14,980 9,808 65.5 4.65 4.34 --- 21 302 5,024 682,407

1950 39 --- 1,101 156,584 18,660 11,000 58.9 4.51 3.93 41 25 326 4,914 769,442

1955 63 46,963 1,483 188,611 28,948 18,032 62.3 4.67 4.08 51 32 420 6,510 1,227,815

1960 80 88,818 2,259 189,816 44,812 28,758 64.2 4.88 4.47 64 43 648 10,482 1,989,615

1965 73 102,351 1,891 158,077 54,444 34,561 63.5 4.93 4.31 70 48 944 15,300 2,418,526

1970 62 125,721 1,588 143,411 65,104 40,063 61.5 6.74 5.95 79 59 1,244 27,636 3,963,311

1975 56 150,666 1,315 123,855 69,249 40,106 57.9 9.36 8.64 78 63 1,532 49,233 6,097,768

1980 47 164,908 1,091 117,490 83,998 41,034 48.9 13.77 12.86 80 67 1,954 93,685 11,007,001

1981 48 166,663 1,058 119,323 87,989 40,746 46.3 14.69 13.63 80 68 2,021 102,354 12,213,199

1982 49 172,775 1,010 120,743 91,611 40,807 44.5 14.63 13.53 81 69 2,079 104,573 12,626,510

1983 46 175,624 958 121,052 95,757 41,091 42.9 14.69 13.53 82 70 2,168 109,142 13,211,805

1984 45 177,524 912 119,033 91,676 41,517 45.3 14.41 13.33 81 70 2,104 104,935 12,490,729

1985 44 176,440 884 116,765 97,762 42,201 43.2 13.88 12.61 80 70 2,294 107,871 12,595,522

1986 44 177,992 849 112,322 98,791 42,725 43.2 13.60 12.38 80 71 2,413 111,581 12,515,451

1987 43 180,374 797 105,882 98,182 42,876 43.7 13.90 12.51 80 71 2,542 118,402 12,529,800

1988 42 184,180 776 104,141 100,066 43,141 43.1 13.42 12.14 79 71 2,627 119,261 12,419,974

1989 41 185,919 748 100,291 95,871 43,367 45.2 14.51 13.30 75 68 2,614 129,744 13,012,796

1990 42 195,841 753 100,397 102,396 43,783 42.8 15.55 13.78 77 70 2,796 142,324 14,289,567

1991 40 198,409 722 100,267 103,252 45,033 43.6 13.30 12.11 76 71 2,821 121,479 12,180,354

1992 40 200,530 698 97,803 107,947 44,914 41.6 14.57 13.12 77 73 3,017 146,452 14,323,698

1993 38 199,604 675 92,934 103,979 44,805 43.1 14.19 12.89 73 69 3,073 145,350 13,507,974

1994 38 201,561 629 91,397 107,811 44,866 41.6 14.75 13.16 75 71 3,232 156,253 14,281,193

1995 33 207,548 571 88,717 108,548 45,004 41.5 14.19 12.79 75 71 3,350 157,754 13,995,454

1996 32 209,599 570 82,947 104,501 45,479 43.5 16.19 14.64 72 69 3,442 187,713 15,570,261

1997 31 208,379 570 78,422 105,224 44,917 42.7 14.36 13.10 71 69 3,676 178,424 13,992,366

1998 31 210,484 522 72,402 99,223 44,968 45.3 16.14 14.92 66 64 3,755 202,770 14,681,340

1999 31 212,118 487 69,008 104,479 45,216 43.3 16.24 14.09 67 65 4,148 216,794 14,960,544

2000 11 228,899 346 69,590 116,920 45,989 39.3 14.24 12.11 72 70 4,590 207,913 14,468,892

1/ End of year. The number of markets peaked at 83 in 1962. The number of handlers peaked at 2,314 in 1961.

2/ Average for year. The number of producers peaked at 192,947 in 1961.

3/ Beginning in 1989, due to disadvantageous price situations in some markets, handlers elected not to pool milk that normally would have been associated with the order. This has reduced, 

sometimes substantially, the volume of producer milk receipts reported for some markets.

4/ Based on blend (uniform) price adjusted for the butterfat content, and in later years, other milk components of producer milk.
Table 3—Population of Federal Milk Order Marketing Areas as Defined December 31, 2000, Total and by 

State, According to the 2000 United States Census 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number

States Population

Appalachian 005 Total 18,436,178

 Georgia 294,788

 Indiana 791,872

 Kentucky 2,812,978

 North Carolina 8,049,313

 South Carolina 4,012,012

 Tennessee 2,107,138

 Virginia 277,768

 West Virginia 90,309

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 Total 6,506,397

 Arizona 5,130,632

 Nevada 1,375,765

Central 032 Total 22,388,105

 Colorado 4,110,995

 Illinois 3,688,820

 Iowa 2,847,413

 Kansas 2,688,418

 Minnesota 46,877

 Missouri 3,498,817

 Nebraska 1,586,359

 Oklahoma 3,450,654

 South Dakota 402,912

 Wisconsin 66,840

Florida 006 Total 15,359,126

 Florida 15,359,126

Mideast 033 Total 31,379,357

 Indiana 5,288,613

 Kentucky 685,009

 Michigan 9,808,800

 Ohio 11,118,122

 Pennsylvania 3,105,740

 West Virginia 1,373,073

Northeast 001 Total 51,288,677

 Connecticut 3,405,565

 Delaware 783,600

 District of Columbia 572,059

 Maryland 5,191,710

 Massachusetts 6,349,097

 New Hampshire 1,235,786

 New Jersey 8,414,350

 New York 16,275,023

 Pennsylvania 5,589,144

 Rhode Island 1,048,319

 Vermont 608,827

 Virginia 1,815,197
Table 3—Population of Federal Milk Order Marketing Areas as Defined December 31, 2000, Total and by State, 

According to 2000 United States Census 1/ -Continued

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number

States Population

Pacific Northwest 124 Total 9,433,132

 Idaho 213,268

 Oregon 3,325,743 

 Washington 5,894,121 

Southeast 007 Total 28,482,597

 Alabama 4,447,100

 Arkansas 2,673,400

 Florida 623,252

 Georgia 7,891,665

 Kentucky 543,782

 Louisiana 4,468,976

 Mississippi 2,844,658

 Missouri 1,407,619

 Tennessee 3,582,145

Southwest 126 Total 22,748,535

 Colorado 77,669

 New Mexico 1,819,046

 Texas 20,851,820 

Western 135 Total 3,395,751

 Idaho 981,200

 Nevada 58,637

 Oregon 88,430

 Utah 2,233,169 

 Wyoming 34,315

Upper Midwest 030 Total 19,480,685

 Illinois 8,730,473

 Iowa 78,911

 Michigan 129,644

 Minnesota 4,872,602

 North Dakota 294,809

 South Dakota 77,411

 Wisconsin 5,296,835

 

 All Areas Combined Total 228,898,540

 

 1/ These figures are the population in the counties, parishes, independent cities, and local subdivisions of the States 

listed that make up the marketing area. The source of these figures is the 2000 Population Census conducted by the 

Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.

15

SUMMARY OF MAJOR ORDER ACTIONS DURING 2000

JANUARY

New England and Other Marketing Areas – January 1 (64 FR 70868, 12/17/99.) This document 

modifies and announces the effective date for the final rule published in the Federal Register on

September 1, 1999. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000, (P.L. 106-113, 115 Stat. 1501), signed 

into law on November 29, 1999, requires that the final rule published in the Federal Register on 

September 1, 1999 (64 FR 47898) consolidating the current 31 Federal milk marketing orders into 11 

orders become effective on January 1, 2000, utilizing the Class I differentials contained in the proposed 

rule published on January 30, 1998 (63 FR 4802) as corrected and modified through April 2, 1999. A 

document issued on September 30, 1999, and published in the Federal Register on October 5, 1999 (64 

FR 53885) delayed until further notice the October 1, 1999, effective date for consolidating the orders 

because of a temporary restraining order, issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 

which enjoined the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing the amendments consolidating the orders.

This document was further corrected at 64 FR 73386, 12/30/99.

This amendment principally deals with the following compone nts of the Federal milk marketing order 

program: marketing areas, class prices, classification, and identical provisions.

 Marketing Areas – The 31 Federal milk marketing order areas are consolidated into 11 areas. These 

 are Northeast, Appalachian, Florida, Southeast, Mideast, Upper Midwest, Central, Southwest, Arizona-

 Las Vegas, Western, and Pacific Northwest. See Table 1 on page 9 for a description of these areas.

 Class Prices – The Basic Formula Price is replaced. Product price formulas are used now to determine 

 milk component values which are combined to calculate class prices. A new Class I pricing structure 

 is adopted under which a Class I differential is established for every county in the contiguous 48 States. 

 The Class I price for a county is the same regardless as to the order under which the milk is priced. 

 Class I prices are announced in advance by the 23rd of the preceding month. The Class II price, 

 basically, is the Class IV price plus $0.70. The Class III price is based on the component values for 

 butterfat, protein, and other solids. The Class IV price is based on the component values for butterfat 

 and nonfat solids. See page 7 for additional information on the new pricing system.

 Classification – All orders now have four classes of milk utilization. Class I use is milk disposed as a

 fluid milk product--a beverage. Class I now includes eggnog. Class II use includes milk used to 

 produce fluid cream and other cream products, cottage cheese, frozen desserts, and other food 

 products. Class III use includes milk used to produce hard cheeses and cream cheese. Class IV use 

 includes milk used to produce butter and any milk product in dried form.

 Identical Provisions – The individual provisions of each order are streamlined to remove those 

 provisions, terms, and definitions that are identical across orders and placing these in an identical 

 provisions section that is referenced, as applicable, in each order.
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SUMMARY OF THE QUANTITIES AND UTILIZATION OF MILK PRICED 

During 2000, there were 346 handlers regulated under the 11 Federal milk orders. These handlers 

operated 298 distributing (fluid milk processing) plants and 110 supply (manufacturing) plants. 

The Upper Midwest order had the largest number of regulated handlers (58) and supply plants (60).

The Northeast order had the most distributing plants (62).

An average of 69,590 producers (dairy farmers) marketed milk under Federal milk orders in 2000. 

On a monthly basis, the number of producers peaked at 71,741 in March, and was lowest in 

December (67,308). There was an average of 19,147 producers on the Upper Midwest order, 17,279 

producers in the Northeast order, and only 122 producers on the Arizona-Las Vegas order.

During 2000, nearly 117 billion pounds of milk was marketed by dairy farmers under the Federal 

milk order program. This volume of milk accounted for about 70 percent of all the milk marketed in

the United States and about 72 percent of the fluid grade (Grade A) milk marketings. The average 

butterfat test of producer milk receipts was 3.69 percent, and ranged from 3.56 percent in July to 3.82 

percent in December. On a monthly basis, producer milk receipts peaked in March at 10.5 billion 

pounds, and was lowest in November (9.2 billion pounds). Nearly 24 billion pounds of milk were

marketed under the Northeast order, just 2.9 billion pounds under the Florida order. The average 

delivery of milk per producer during 2000 was 4,590 pounds, and ranged from 3,338 pounds in the 

Upper Midwest order to 69,762 pounds in the Arizona -Las Vegas order.

Nearly 46 billion pounds of producer milk receipts were disposed as Class I (fluid milk) products in 

2000, 39.3 percent of total producer milk marketings. The butterfat content of producer milk used in

Class I averaged 2.02 percent. On a monthly basis, the volume of Class I producer milk peaked in 

March at 4.0 billion pounds, and was the lowest in July (3.5 billion pounds). Relative to total producer 

milk marketings, Class I utilization peaked in September. The order with the largest volume of Class I 

producer milk was Northeast (10.5 billion pounds), over 56 percent more than the next largest 

volume (Mideast). On an individual order basis, the average Class I utilization percentage in 2000 

ranged from 88.1 in the Florida order to 17.5 in the Upper Midwest order.

Slightly more than 10 percent (12 billion pounds) of total producer milk marketings were used to 

produce Class II products (cream products, cottage cheese, and frozen desserts) in 2000. The 

butterfat test of producer milk used in Class II averaged 7.81 percent. The Northeast order had the 

largest volume of Class II producer milk (4.2 billion pounds). Class III products (hard cheeses and

cream cheese) accounted for nearly 50 billion pounds of producer milk, 42.7 percent of total 

producer milk marketings. The butterfat test of producer milk used in Class III averaged 3.74 

percent. The Upper Midwest order had the largest volume of Class III producer milk (18.3 billion 

pounds). Slightly more than 9 billion pounds of producer milk were used to produce Class IV 

products (butter and dried milk products). The butterfat test of producer milk used in Class IV

averaged 7.75 percent. The Northeast order had the largest volume of Class IV producer milk (2.3

billion pounds).

An estimated 3.6 billion pounds of producer milk that normally would have been marketed under 

Federal orders in 2000 was not pooled due to the relationship between the uniform and lower class

prices in some orders in some months. Not pooling due to price occurred in six orders; Central, 

Mideast, Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Western, and Upper Midwest. Nearly 63 percent of notpooled producer milk would have been used to produce Class IV products, and 36 percent would have 

been used to produce Class II products.
Federal Milk Order Order Pool Handlers Supply Distributing

Marketing Area Number 1/ Plants 2/ Plants 3/

Northeast 001 65 11 62

Appalachian 005 41 4 26

Southeast 007 40 3 32

Florida 006 14 0 12

Mideast 033 38 7 48

Upper Midwest 030 58 60 27

Central 032 35 21 35

Southwest 126 17 1 23

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 5 1 3

Western 135 15 0 12

Pacific Northwest 124 18 2 18

All Markets Combined 346 110 298

17

2/ Plants primarily engaged in producing manufactured dairy products. Includes

cooperative manufacturing plants per section XXXX.7(d).

3/ Plants primarily engaged in processing or packaging fluid milk products.

Table 4--Number of Pool Handlers, Supply Plants, and Distributing Plants Under

 Federal Milk Orders, by Order, December 2000

1/ See page 6 for definition of the term "handler". Includes proprietary bulk tank

handlers per section 1135.11.
Northeast 001 18,009 17,923 17,485 17,433 17,187 17,054 17,196 16,997 16,977 16,895 17,080 17,113 17,279

Appalachian 005 3,966 3,957 4,345 4,182 4,481 4,465 3,948 4,166 4,143 4,162 4,254 4,483 4,213

Southeast 007 5,650 5,238 4,937 4,934 4,987 5,078 5,014 5,147 5,146 4,967 4,797 4,892 5,066

Florida 006 298 273 268 275 270 269 334 341 331 334 331 332 305

Mideast 033 9,550 9,471 9,537 9,380 9,526 9,472 9,507 10,091 10,873 11,060 11,261 10,629 10,030

Upper Midwest 030 22,923 22,874 21,808 20,499 20,091 18,854 18,195 18,083 17,362 16,870 16,223 15,978 19,147

Central 032 7,479 9,036 10,397 11,262 10,970 10,892 11,115 11,598 11,724 11,528 11,444 11,063 10,709

Southwest 126 1,125 1,048 1,022 1,034 1,031 937 828 870 838 846 800 777 930

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 120 123 121 122 119 127 129 116 128 125 117 117 122

Western 135 702 718 751 648 756 769 760 756 763 766 751 780 743

Pacific Northwest 124 1,080 1,078 1,070 928 846 854 1,058 1,039 1,041 1,297 1,132 1,144 1,047

All Markets Combined 70,902 71,739 71,741 70,697 70,264 68,771 68,084 69,204 69,326 68,850 68,190 67,308 69,590

FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL DEC SIMPLE 

AVERAGE

Table 5--Number of Producers Delivering Milk to Handlers Regulated Under Federal Orders, by Marketing Area, 2000

AUG SEP OCT NOV Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN
Northeast 001 2,146 2,034 2,182 2,091 2,117 1,949 1,988 1,918 1,835 1,895 1,859 1,954 23,970

Appalachian 005 506 492 593 566 583 558 490 500 469 504 498 558 6,318

Southeast 007 680 633 681 671 663 605 570 567 563 626 608 619 7,487

Florida 006 256 244 271 259 255 228 225 220 204 221 232 253 2,867

Mideast 2/ 033 1,124 1,058 1,166 1,105 1,134 1,114 1,213 1,185 1,259 1,313 1,264 1,246 14,181

Upper Midwest 3/ 030 2,433 2,269 2,261 2,069 2,085 1,933 1,917 1,852 1,708 1,638 1,594 1,657 23,415

Central 4/ 032 1,103 1,039 1,319 1,341 1,428 1,372 1,442 1,419 1,332 1,454 1,387 1,403 16,037

Southwest 4/ 126 805 789 821 742 738 643 727 723 682 728 652 662 8,712

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 269 272 287 289 292 261 252 239 229 238 230 251 3,110

Western 5/ 135 323 303 367 392 388 382 393 308 291 295 306 301 4,048

Pacific Northwest 6/ 124 581 549 594 586 494 480 614 615 598 605 526 532 6,776

All Markets Combined 10,225 9,681 10,542 10,111 10,177 9,525 9,832 9,546 9,171 9,518 9,156 9,437 116,920

1/ All Markets Combined and TOTAL may not add due to rounding.

Million Pounds

Table 6--Receipts of Producer Milk by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Orders, by Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL

6/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool milk in May, Jun., Nov., and Dec. due to disadvantageous intraorder class and uniform price relationships.

2/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool milk in Apr.-Aug., and Oct.-Dec. due to disadvantageous intraorder class and uniform price relationships.

3/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool milk in every month due to disadvantageous intraorder class and uniform price relationships.

4/ Handlers in these marketing areas elected not to pool milk in Feb.-Dec. due to disadvantageous intraorder class and uniform price relationships.

5/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool milk in May-Dec. due to disadvantageous intraorder class and uniform price relationships.
Northeast 001 3,843 3,914 4,026 3,999 3,974 3,809 3,730 3,641 3,603 3,618 3,628 3,684 3,789

Appalachian 005 4,116 4,290 4,404 4,509 4,197 4,164 4,008 3,874 3,774 3,906 3,900 4,017 4,097

Southeast 007 3,884 4,164 4,452 4,536 4,288 3,969 3,667 3,554 3,649 4,066 4,225 4,085 4,045

Florida 006 27,660 30,779 32,578 31,380 30,429 28,294 21,750 20,830 20,521 21,376 23,345 24,590 26,128

Mideast 033 3,796 3,850 3,943 3,926 3,839 3,922 4,117 3,787 3,861 3,830 3,743 3,781 3,866

Upper Midwest 030 3,423 3,420 3,344 3,364 3,348 3,418 3,399 3,304 3,279 3,131 3,275 3,345 3,338

Central 032 4,759 3,963 4,092 3,968 4,199 4,198 4,184 3,946 3,786 4,069 4,039 4,091 4,108

Southwest 126 23,078 25,961 25,912 23,927 23,086 22,878 28,342 26,793 27,124 27,769 27,156 27,483 25,793

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 72,334 76,232 76,402 78,903 79,159 68,520 62,950 66,432 59,740 61,505 65,629 69,338 69,762

Western 135 14,822 14,530 15,774 20,162 16,559 16,555 16,675 13,161 12,710 12,425 13,587 12,438 14,950

Pacific Northwest 124 17,360 17,576 17,912 21,063 18,843 18,717 18,722 19,104 19,160 15,043 15,487 15,004 17,833

All Markets Combined 2/ 4,652 4,653 4,740 4,767 4,672 4,617 4,659 4,450 4,410 4,459 4,476 4,523 4,590

Pounds

DEC SIMPLE 

AVERAGE MAY JUN AUG SEP

1/ It should be noted that the election not to pool milk normally associated with an order due to disadvantageous intraorder price relationships affects the comparability of this statistic. See 

footnotes on Table 6.

2/ Figures are computed from the "All Markets Combined" data for number of producers and receipts of producer milk from Tables 5 and 6.

JUL OCT

Table 7--Average Daily Delivery of Milk Per Producer to Handlers Regulated Under Federal Orders, by Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order Marketing 

Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR NOV
Northeast 001 3.78 3.80 3.77 3.72 3.68 3.63 3.60 3.60 3.64 3.73 3.78 3.82 3.71

Appalachian 005 3.79 3.77 3.70 3.64 3.60 3.59 3.55 3.57 3.62 3.70 3.73 3.81 3.67

Southeast 007 3.69 3.66 3.58 3.53 3.52 3.53 3.55 3.57 3.62 3.74 3.79 3.87 3.64

Florida 006 3.60 3.60 3.55 3.53 3.54 3.55 3.58 3.62 3.65 3.66 3.64 3.69 3.60

Mideast 033 3.85 3.84 3.77 3.73 3.64 3.60 3.56 3.58 3.64 3.74 3.80 3.87 3.72

Upper Midwest 030 3.81 3.78 3.76 3.76 3.67 3.64 3.59 3.59 3.68 3.78 3.83 3.85 3.73

Central 032 3.78 3.75 3.72 3.70 3.62 3.58 3.54 3.56 3.63 3.75 3.82 3.85 3.69

Southwest 126 3.71 3.67 3.61 3.58 3.54 3.49 3.47 3.48 3.52 3.65 3.77 3.78 3.61

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 3.72 3.65 3.63 3.54 3.51 3.55 3.57 3.56 3.56 3.67 3.82 3.73 3.62

Western 135 3.72 3.68 3.65 3.61 3.53 3.49 3.42 3.48 3.57 3.63 3.74 3.72 3.60

Pacific Northwest 124 3.71 3.70 3.68 3.64 3.58 3.57 3.55 3.57 3.62 3.66 3.73 3.76 3.65

All Markets Combined 3.77 3.76 3.71 3.68 3.62 3.59 3.56 3.57 3.63 3.73 3.79 3.82 3.69

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of butterfat and producer milk pounds.

Percent

MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE

Table 8--Butterfat Test of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order Marketing 

Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR
Northeast 001 8.58 8.69 8.71 8.70 8.54 8.74 8.61 8.59 8.61 8.73 8.74 8.75 8.67

Mideast 033 8.75 8.78 8.73 8.74 8.73 8.66 8.64 8.64 8.67 8.75 8.79 8.80 8.72

Upper Midwest 030 8.71 8.70 8.72 8.71 8.70 8.69 8.63 8.62 8.70 8.76 8.78 8.76 8.71

Central 032 8.75 8.74 8.74 8.73 8.71 8.68 8.64 8.62 8.72 8.79 8.85 8.78 8.73

Southwest 126 8.77 8.77 8.75 8.75 8.71 8.66 8.58 8.60 8.66 8.79 8.85 8.83 8.73

Western 135 8.76 8.74 8.76 8.95 8.73 8.73 8.72 8.74 8.82 8.86 8.91 8.85 8.80

Pacific Northwest 124 8.74 8.73 8.72 8.72 8.69 8.69 8.65 8.70 8.76 8.80 8.82 8.79 8.73

All Markets Combined 8.70 8.72 8.73 8.73 8.67 8.70 8.63 8.63 8.68 8.76 8.80 8.78 8.71

and producer milk pounds.

Percent

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for 

All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of nonfat solids 

AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE

Table 9--Nonfat Solids Test of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
Northeast 001 3.00 3.03 3.00 2.98 2.91 2.97 2.92 2.93 2.96 3.05 3.07 3.07 2.99

Mideast 033 3.10 3.09 3.05 3.04 3.01 2.96 2.94 2.95 3.01 3.07 3.11 3.12 3.04

Upper Midwest 030 3.05 3.02 3.00 3.00 2.95 2.95 2.91 2.93 3.02 3.07 3.09 3.10 3.00

Central 032 3.08 3.06 3.03 3.02 2.98 2.96 2.93 2.94 3.03 3.10 3.13 3.13 3.03

Southwest 126 3.08 3.07 3.05 3.05 3.02 2.99 2.95 2.99 3.05 3.12 3.16 3.17 3.06

Western 135 3.08 3.05 3.06 3.05 3.01 2.97 2.92 2.97 3.07 3.12 3.17 3.13 3.05

Pacific Northwest 124 3.05 3.01 3.02 3.01 2.96 2.96 2.93 2.99 3.05 3.09 3.12 3.08 3.02

All Markets Combined 3.05 3.04 3.02 3.01 2.96 2.96 2.93 2.95 3.01 3.08 3.11 3.11 3.02

Percent

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets 

Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of true protein and producer milk pounds.

AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE

Table 10--Protein (True) Test of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
Northeast 001 5.59 5.66 5.71 5.72 5.63 5.78 5.69 5.67 5.64 5.67 5.66 5.67 5.67

Mideast 033 5.65 5.69 5.68 5.70 5.72 5.71 5.70 5.69 5.66 5.67 5.68 5.68 5.69

Upper Midwest 030 5.66 5.68 5.72 5.72 5.74 5.74 5.72 5.70 5.69 5.68 5.69 5.66 5.70

Central 032 5.67 5.69 5.71 5.71 5.72 5.71 5.71 5.68 5.69 5.69 5.71 5.65 5.70

Southwest 126 5.69 5.71 5.70 5.70 5.70 5.67 5.63 5.61 5.61 5.67 5.68 5.66 5.67

Western 135 5.68 5.70 5.70 5.90 5.73 5.76 5.80 5.76 5.75 5.73 5.74 5.72 5.75

Pacific Northwest 124 5.69 5.72 5.71 5.71 5.73 5.73 5.72 5.71 5.71 5.71 5.70 5.71 5.71

All Markets Combined 5.65 5.68 5.71 5.72 5.70 5.74 5.70 5.68 5.67 5.68 5.69 5.67 5.69

Percent

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets 

Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of other solids and producer milk pounds.

AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE

Table 11--Other Solids Test of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
Mideast 033 292 349 317 343 374 386 408 412 379 341 291 329 352

Upper Midwest 030 308 316 329 321 327 349 371 377 360 324 314 317 334

Central 032 292 302 312 305 315 339 369 376 345 312 304 315 324

Southwest 126 282 282 287 306 316 343 336 337 329 299 352 340 317

All Markets Combined 294 312 311 319 333 354 371 376 353 319 315 325 332

Thousand

1/ Information shown for those orders which adjust producer payments for the somatic cell count of producer milk. All averages are simple.

DEC SIMPLE 

AVERAGE AUG SEP OCT NOV

Table 12--Somatic Cell Count of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
Northeast 001 906 840 916 816 868 820 805 868 904 919 914 937 10,513

Appalachian 005 386 344 380 341 363 347 340 377 358 366 371 370 4,343

Southeast 007 426 399 425 383 407 389 374 416 405 415 417 411 4,867

Florida 006 225 221 236 212 215 203 199 202 187 199 209 219 2,526

Mideast 033 584 550 586 523 556 522 514 579 578 569 578 578 6,716

Upper Midwest 030 352 339 368 326 351 327 314 345 345 343 345 338 4,092

Central 032 412 396 419 381 392 377 382 417 418 431 422 429 4,875

Southwest 126 339 320 346 313 328 314 306 350 335 346 343 330 3,970

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 79 81 86 77 82 77 73 85 80 87 85 81 973

Western 135 84 84 92 76 89 82 79 85 85 87 88 82 1,014

Pacific Northwest 124 174 169 184 163 180 168 162 175 181 183 184 177 2,100

All Markets Combined 3,965 3,744 4,039 3,611 3,830 3,624 3,549 3,898 3,875 3,946 3,956 3,952 45,989

TOTAL

Table 13--Utilization of Producer Milk in Class I Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

1/ All Markets Combined and TOTAL may not add due to rounding.

JAN AUG SEP OCT NOV

Million Pounds

JUN JUL DEC Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number FEB MAR APR MAY
Northeast 001 42.20 41.31 41.97 39.02 41.00 42.07 40.51 45.24 49.25 48.51 49.16 47.94 43.86

Appalachian 005 76.26 69.88 64.05 60.22 62.27 62.29 69.29 75.36 76.31 72.68 74.50 66.34 68.75

Southeast 007 62.64 63.09 62.44 57.08 61.32 64.26 65.59 73.32 71.94 66.37 68.55 66.34 65.01

Florida 006 87.97 90.53 87.34 81.76 84.33 88.73 88.51 91.90 91.66 89.80 90.14 86.45 88.09

Mideast 033 51.97 51.97 50.28 47.35 49.07 46.80 42.39 48.85 45.86 43.32 45.70 46.39 47.36

Upper Midwest 030 14.45 14.96 16.28 15.74 16.82 16.92 16.37 18.61 20.20 20.93 21.66 20.39 17.47

Central 032 37.31 38.14 31.78 28.44 27.49 27.45 26.50 29.37 31.39 29.63 30.43 30.54 30.40

Southwest 126 42.14 40.57 42.09 42.20 44.41 48.81 42.02 48.42 49.12 47.53 52.65 49.90 45.57

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 29.37 29.90 30.11 26.71 28.00 29.46 29.04 35.40 34.69 36.71 36.87 32.28 31.30

Western 135 26.02 27.63 25.13 19.38 22.89 21.47 20.12 27.70 29.37 29.60 28.71 27.42 25.05

Pacific Northwest 124 29.89 30.84 30.93 27.76 36.36 34.99 26.40 28.49 30.21 30.23 35.06 33.29 30.99

All Markets Combined 38.78 38.67 38.31 35.71 37.63 38.05 36.09 40.84 42.25 41.46 43.21 41.88 39.33

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of producer milk used in Class I and total producer milk.

Percent

MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV AVERAGE

Table 14--Class I Utilization Percentage of Producer Milk , by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order Marketing 

Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR DEC
Northeast 001 2.08 2.07 2.05 2.05 2.04 2.06 2.08 2.10 2.04 2.09 2.17 2.20 2.09

Appalachian 005 2.11 2.07 2.07 2.07 2.08 2.14 2.15 2.10 2.08 2.10 2.19 2.23 2.12

Southeast 007 2.15 2.15 2.16 2.15 2.19 2.27 2.25 2.20 2.18 2.18 2.27 2.33 2.21

Florida 006 2.15 2.12 2.14 2.15 2.21 2.28 2.32 2.25 2.25 2.26 2.30 2.39 2.23

Mideast 033 1.92 1.88 1.87 1.88 1.88 1.92 1.93 1.91 1.89 1.91 1.95 1.98 1.91

Upper Midwest 030 1.54 1.56 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.61 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.70 1.73 1.61

Central 032 1.79 1.77 1.77 1.76 1.78 1.86 1.88 1.84 1.78 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.82

Southwest 126 2.29 2.31 2.33 2.32 2.36 2.43 2.41 2.32 2.28 2.30 2.40 2.44 2.35

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 1.95 1.93 1.94 1.90 1.92 1.95 2.01 1.95 1.93 1.97 2.07 2.11 1.97

Western 135 1.79 1.80 1.81 1.82 1.81 1.82 1.83 1.88 1.81 1.88 2.00 2.02 1.86

Pacific Northwest 124 1.75 1.71 1.74 1.71 1.71 1.80 1.81 1.82 1.76 1.84 1.91 1.96 1.79

All Markets Combined 1.99 1.97 1.97 1.97 1.98 2.03 2.04 2.02 1.98 2.01 2.08 2.13 2.02

Class I.

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of butterfat and producer milk pounds used in 

Percent

JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT DEC AVERAGE

Table 15--Butterfat Test of Producer Milk Used in Class I Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY NOV
Northeast 001 8.77 8.85 8.87 8.86 8.82 8.77 8.75 8.72 8.75 8.87 8.87 8.89 8.82

Mideast 033 8.92 8.95 8.91 8.91 8.87 8.81 8.77 8.79 8.83 8.92 8.96 8.98 8.89

Upper Midwest 030 8.92 8.89 8.89 8.89 8.86 8.85 8.79 8.77 8.86 8.94 8.97 8.96 8.88

Central 032 8.93 8.93 8.92 8.90 8.88 8.83 8.81 8.81 8.91 9.02 9.05 9.04 8.92

Southwest 126 8.91 8.93 8.89 8.89 8.84 8.79 8.70 8.73 8.79 8.93 9.00 8.99 8.87

Western 135 8.94 8.90 8.89 8.88 8.86 8.87 8.83 8.82 8.93 8.97 9.03 8.98 8.91

Pacific Northwest 124 8.92 8.88 8.89 8.89 8.87 8.87 8.83 8.87 8.93 8.95 8.97 8.94 8.90

All Markets Combined ` 8.87 8.90 8.89 8.88 8.85 8.81 8.77 8.77 8.82 8.93 8.95 8.96 8.87

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets Combined 

and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of nonfat solids and producer milk pounds used in 

Class I.

Percent

JUL AUG SEP OCT DEC AVERAGE

Table 16--Nonfat Solids Test of Producer Milk Used in Class I Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN NOV
Northeast 001 317 349 385 365 387 348 357 369 327 374 318 275 4,171

Appalachian 005 50 67 84 84 87 85 80 75 68 79 65 65 889

Southeast 007 58 67 70 70 67 80 74 61 62 74 62 57 801

Florida 006 15 15 20 19 20 18 17 12 12 13 14 18 194

Mideast 2/ 033 173 188 224 177 178 177 212 195 208 163 143 83 2,120

Upper Midwest 3/ 030 70 77 84 80 85 79 69 68 56 55 56 52 832

Central 4/ 032 99 97 119 99 107 109 116 104 89 90 84 78 1,192

Southwest 4/ 126 72 83 83 72 61 43 93 88 69 62 31 27 785

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 8 10 6 12 13 13 10 17 16 12 10 11 139

Western 135 32 30 35 32 29 35 32 26 31 34 26 23 365

Pacific Northwest 124 37 39 42 43 46 44 39 46 34 35 32 29 465

All Markets Combined 931 1,021 1,150 1,054 1,080 1,033 1,099 1,062 971 991 843 718 11,953

Million Pounds

JUN SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL

2/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class II in Apr.-Aug., and Oct.-Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class II and uniform prices.

3/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class II in each month of the year due to the relationship between the order's Class II and uniform prices.

4/ Handlers in these marketing areas elected not to pool producer milk used in Class II in Feb.-Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class II and uniform prices.

1/ All Markets Combined and TOTAL may not add due to rounding.

Table 17--Utilization of Producer Milk in Class II Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUL Federal Milk Order Marketing Area AUG
Northeast 001 14.76 17.15 17.65 17.44 18.27 17.85 17.94 19.26 17.84 19.74 17.12 14.08 17.40

Appalachian 005 9.91 13.63 14.15 14.90 14.84 15.26 16.22 15.05 14.40 15.74 13.07 11.61 14.07

Southeast 007 8.48 10.67 10.24 10.42 10.10 13.22 12.92 10.77 11.05 11.78 10.23 9.14 10.70

Florida 006 5.95 6.18 7.30 7.37 7.85 7.97 7.59 5.67 6.00 5.68 6.08 7.04 6.75

Mideast 033 15.36 17.74 19.21 16.05 15.71 15.85 17.51 16.42 16.51 12.42 11.29 6.67 14.95

Upper Midwest 030 2.90 3.38 3.70 3.86 4.10 4.09 3.60 3.70 3.28 3.37 3.53 3.16 3.55

Central 032 8.96 9.37 9.01 7.42 7.51 7.97 8.06 7.31 6.66 6.20 6.08 5.55 7.43

Southwest 126 8.93 10.50 10.09 9.69 8.33 6.76 12.80 12.23 10.10 8.51 4.75 4.15 9.01

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 2.97 3.60 2.08 4.23 4.40 5.11 3.87 7.20 6.80 5.24 4.54 4.38 4.46

Western 135 9.96 9.92 9.41 8.06 7.47 9.29 8.18 8.29 10.55 11.40 8.63 7.76 9.01

Pacific Northwest 124 6.38 7.03 7.05 7.37 9.21 9.26 6.33 7.50 5.71 5.72 6.10 5.41 6.87

All Markets Combined 9.10 10.55 10.91 10.42 10.61 10.84 11.17 11.13 10.59 10.41 9.21 7.61 10.22

Table 18--Class II Utilization Percentage of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR AUG SEP OCT AVERAGE

producer milk used in Class II and total producer milk.

NOV DEC

1/ It should be noted that the election not to pool milk normally associated with an order due to a disadvantageous price relationship affects the comparability of this statistic. See footnotes on Table 

17. Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of 

Percent

MAY JUN JUL
Northeast 001 6.79 6.77 6.98 6.88 7.03 7.17 7.24 7.06 7.37 7.31 7.70 8.04 7.18

Appalachian 005 8.40 7.84 8.01 7.61 7.82 7.56 7.59 8.17 8.12 8.17 7.90 8.11 7.92

Southeast 007 7.01 7.10 7.79 7.40 7.98 6.54 7.22 8.25 8.06 7.78 8.34 7.71 7.57

Florida 006 16.68 16.62 14.80 14.48 13.51 14.06 16.23 19.08 18.34 18.88 17.93 14.24 15.92

Mideast 033 6.41 6.83 6.77 7.39 7.75 7.50 6.69 7.10 6.14 7.49 7.93 10.83 7.20

Upper Midwest 030 9.39 9.45 9.92 9.71 9.50 9.81 9.49 11.16 12.09 12.68 12.72 13.03 10.54

Central 032 7.23 7.63 7.12 7.63 7.68 7.79 7.47 7.66 8.05 8.38 8.94 8.78 7.81

Southwest 126 7.95 8.12 7.29 6.76 7.89 10.01 7.75 8.25 8.14 9.59 12.07 11.67 8.35

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 10.27 8.43 13.74 7.74 8.87 7.26 6.90 6.38 6.59 8.25 6.57 8.21 7.89

Western 135 5.01 5.85 6.05 5.79 6.58 6.25 6.45 7.69 5.16 5.74 7.28 7.43 6.21

Pacific Northwest 124 7.48 7.81 7.85 8.34 8.03 8.13 9.61 8.69 9.55 8.71 10.54 10.86 8.70

All Markets Combined 7.31 7.44 7.49 7.51 7.75 7.73 7.56 7.85 7.72 8.14 8.67 9.18 7.81

in Class II.

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of butterfat and producer milk pounds used 

Percent

Table 19--Butterfat Test of Producer Milk Used in Class II Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
Northeast 001 8.43 8.42 8.42 8.42 8.18 8.68 8.28 8.30 8.29 8.41 8.39 8.37 8.38

Mideast 033 8.54 8.52 8.46 8.42 8.37 8.31 8.37 8.32 8.45 8.41 8.42 8.19 8.41

Upper Midwest 030 8.20 8.19 8.17 8.16 8.16 8.12 8.07 7.92 7.90 7.93 7.96 7.91 8.07

Central 032 8.45 8.41 8.43 8.38 8.36 8.32 8.28 8.25 8.36 8.39 8.41 8.42 8.37

Southwest 126 8.37 8.35 8.43 8.48 8.33 8.11 8.21 8.18 8.25 8.25 8.10 8.14 8.29

Western 135 8.66 8.55 8.52 8.58 8.46 8.48 8.44 8.31 8.65 8.63 8.55 8.51 8.53

Pacific Northwest 124 8.38 8.32 8.33 8.29 8.30 8.30 8.13 8.25 8.23 8.33 8.18 8.13 8.27

All Markets Combined 8.44 8.41 8.41 8.40 8.26 8.44 8.28 8.26 8.32 8.37 8.35 8.29 8.35

Table 20--Nonfat Solids Test of Producer Milk Used in Class II Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR AUG SEP OCT AVERAGE

Class II.

MAY NOV

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets Combined 

and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of nonfat solids and producer milk pounds used in 

Percent

JUN JUL DEC
Northeast 001 589 558 610 631 613 588 631 582 529 517 530 575 6,955

Appalachian 005 17 14 21 50 69 64 28 23 20 23 27 48 406

Southeast 007 110 99 117 122 130 113 92 73 80 95 99 92 1,222

Florida 006 8 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 6 4 7 64

Mideast 033 253 251 278 296 308 340 387 365 422 509 503 542 4,453

Upper Midwest 030 1,969 1,840 1,797 1,634 1,639 1,518 1,515 1,431 1,293 1,227 1,184 1,251 18,296

Central 032 453 477 718 807 903 869 911 869 788 891 840 867 9,393

Southwest 126 260 279 316 317 314 282 259 243 239 261 271 294 3,336

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 100 93 96 90 92 85 87 87 100 105 95 93 1,123

Western 135 139 131 160 226 248 248 259 192 170 170 189 190 2,321

Pacific Northwest 124 188 175 188 186 190 189 207 205 213 211 197 200 2,349

All Markets Combined 4,088 3,921 4,306 4,365 4,511 4,300 4,382 4,074 3,859 4,015 3,938 4,158 49,917

JUN JUL Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number FEB MAR APR MAY TOTAL

Table 21--Utilization of Producer Milk in Class III Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

1/ All Markets Combined and TOTAL may not add due to rounding.

JAN AUG SEP OCT NOV

Million Pounds

DEC
Northeast 001 27.47 27.42 27.93 30.19 28.97 30.15 31.76 30.36 28.85 27.30 28.49 29.44 29.02

Appalachian 005 3.46 2.91 3.62 8.89 11.78 11.45 5.77 4.58 4.26 4.65 5.45 8.53 6.42

Southeast 007 16.22 15.60 17.20 18.10 19.57 18.76 16.15 12.80 14.27 15.11 16.28 14.88 16.32

Florida 006 3.02 2.14 1.90 2.38 2.34 1.94 2.35 1.72 1.69 2.61 1.83 2.58 2.22

Mideast 033 22.50 23.69 23.83 26.76 27.19 30.54 31.86 30.84 33.54 38.76 39.75 43.47 31.40

Upper Midwest 030 80.93 81.10 79.49 78.97 78.60 78.50 79.02 77.27 75.73 74.91 74.26 75.48 78.14

Central 032 41.05 45.90 54.45 60.23 63.24 63.32 63.20 61.25 59.15 61.27 60.60 61.81 58.57

Southwest 126 32.36 35.39 38.53 42.69 42.50 43.89 35.54 33.69 35.03 35.85 41.62 44.37 38.29

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 37.34 34.27 33.57 31.18 31.51 32.42 34.61 36.22 43.48 44.01 41.16 36.92 36.10

Western 135 43.02 43.14 43.45 57.65 63.87 65.05 65.89 62.21 58.49 57.62 61.64 63.20 57.33

Pacific Northwest 124 32.42 31.83 31.65 31.69 38.40 39.37 33.76 33.32 35.60 34.90 37.40 37.63 34.67

All Markets Combined 39.98 40.50 40.85 43.17 44.33 45.14 44.56 42.67 42.07 42.19 43.01 44.06 42.69

producer milk.

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of producer milk used in Class III and total 

Table 22--Class III Utilization Percentage of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY DEC AVERAGE

Percent

JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV
Northeast 001 3.78 3.86 4.09 3.84 3.81 3.59 3.48 3.53 3.61 3.60 3.87 4.00 3.76

Appalachian 005 8.24 5.14 6.05 4.03 4.06 4.14 6.12 6.77 9.36 7.05 7.07 4.29 5.35

Southeast 007 5.19 4.49 4.40 4.05 3.90 4.21 4.21 4.58 4.62 4.64 4.39 4.90 4.44

Florida 006 12.77 7.16 8.17 5.08 8.71 5.17 4.56 6.48 8.37 7.46 10.08 5.24 7.56

Mideast 033 3.13 3.56 3.65 3.54 3.49 3.43 3.50 3.59 3.68 3.64 3.90 3.65 3.59

Upper Midwest 030 3.78 3.67 3.66 3.63 3.57 3.55 3.51 3.51 3.62 3.68 3.68 3.70 3.63

Central 032 3.82 3.82 3.68 3.61 3.60 3.56 3.52 3.57 3.72 3.89 3.90 3.88 3.70

Southwest 126 3.60 3.44 3.55 3.49 3.48 3.46 3.34 3.37 3.42 3.51 3.62 3.72 3.50

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 5.80 6.08 6.17 6.20 5.60 4.73 5.92 5.14 5.11 5.35 5.44 5.51 5.59

Western 135 4.16 4.30 4.19 3.80 3.56 3.52 3.41 3.53 3.61 3.66 3.67 3.71 3.71

Pacific Northwest 124 3.77 3.71 3.81 3.69 3.57 3.56 3.53 3.57 3.64 3.75 3.80 3.81 3.68

All Markets Combined 3.87 3.80 3.83 3.72 3.66 3.59 3.57 3.60 3.73 3.80 3.87 3.86 3.74

in Class III.

Table 23--Butterfat Test of Producer Milk Used in Class III Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of butterfat and producer milk pounds used 

SEP DEC AVERAGE

Percent

MAY JUN JUL AUG OCT NOV
Northeast 001 2.90 3.02 2.99 2.97 2.90 2.98 2.92 2.93 2.96 3.06 3.07 3.06 2.98

Mideast 033 3.12 3.10 3.05 3.04 3.03 2.96 2.94 2.95 3.00 3.07 3.10 3.11 3.04

Upper Midwest 030 3.05 3.03 3.01 3.00 2.96 2.95 2.92 2.93 3.03 3.08 3.10 3.11 3.01

Central 032 3.08 3.05 3.02 3.02 2.97 2.96 2.92 2.93 3.01 3.08 3.12 3.11 3.02

Southwest 126 3.08 3.06 3.04 3.03 3.00 2.97 2.93 2.97 3.03 3.12 3.16 3.14 3.05

Western 135 3.08 3.04 3.07 3.06 3.01 2.98 2.91 2.98 3.08 3.13 3.17 3.13 3.05

Pacific Northwest 124 3.07 3.05 3.04 3.04 2.97 2.96 2.94 3.01 3.06 3.11 3.14 3.10 3.04

3.04 3.04 3.02 3.01 2.97 2.96 2.92 2.94 3.02 3.08 3.11 3.10 3.02

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets Combined 

and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of true protein and producer milk pounds used in 

Percent

NOV

Class III.

All Markets Combined

APR MAY JUL AUG SEP OCT

Table 24--Protein (True) Test of Producer Milk Used in Class III Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR JUN DEC AVERAGE
Northeast 001 5.53 5.64 5.69 5.71 5.59 5.80 5.70 5.68 5.63 5.68 5.66 5.66 5.66

Mideast 033 5.69 5.70 5.68 5.72 5.73 5.72 5.70 5.68 5.67 5.68 5.68 5.69 5.69

Upper Midwest 030 5.66 5.69 5.73 5.73 5.75 5.75 5.73 5.71 5.69 5.69 5.69 5.67 5.71

Central 032 5.67 5.68 5.71 5.72 5.73 5.72 5.71 5.67 5.69 5.68 5.71 5.61 5.69

Southwest 126 5.68 5.70 5.69 5.70 5.69 5.66 5.62 5.60 5.61 5.66 5.67 5.64 5.66

Western 135 5.65 5.69 5.67 6.03 5.73 5.76 5.83 5.78 5.76 5.75 5.76 5.73 5.77

Pacific Northwest 124 5.69 5.74 5.70 5.71 5.72 5.72 5.72 5.71 5.71 5.70 5.70 5.71 5.71

5.65 5.68 5.71 5.74 5.72 5.74 5.72 5.69 5.68 5.69 5.69 5.66 5.70

Class III.

All Markets Combined

AUG SEP OCT

Percent

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number NOV DEC AVERAGE

Table 25--Other Solids Test of Producer Milk Used in Class III Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

APR MAY JUN JUL

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets Combined 

and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of other solids and producer milk pounds used in 

JAN FEB MAR
Northeast 001 336 287 272 279 249 194 195 99 75 84 97 167 2,333

Appalachian 005 52 67 108 90 65 61 43 25 24 35 35 75 680

Southeast 007 86 67 69 97 60 23 30 18 15 42 30 60 597

Florida 006 8 3 9 22 14 3 3 2 1 4 5 10 84

Mideast 2/ 033 114 70 78 109 91 76 100 46 51 72 41 43 892

Upper Midwest 3/ 030 42 13 12 29 10 9 19 8 14 13 9 16 194

Central 4/ 032 140 68 63 52 25 17 32 29 37 42 40 29 576

Southwest 5/ 126 133 107 76 40 35 4 70 41 39 59 6 10 622

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 82 88 98 109 105 86 82 51 34 33 40 66 875

Western 6/ 135 68 58 81 58 22 16 23 6 5 4 3 5 349

Pacific Northwest 7/ 124 182 167 180 195 79 79 206 189 170 176 113 126 1,861

1,243 994 1,046 1,082 756 568 804 512 466 566 419 608 9,064

JUN JUL DEC Federal Milk Order Marketing 

Area

Order 

Number FEB MAR APR MAY TOTAL

Table 26--Utilization of Producer Milk in Class IV Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000, 1/

2/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class IV in Nov. and Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class IV and uniform prices.

All Markets Combined

JAN AUG SEP OCT NOV

Million Pounds

1/ All Markets Combined and TOTAL may not add due to rounding.

7/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class IV in May-Jun. and Nov.-Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class IV and uniform prices.

3/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class IV in each month of the year due to the relationship between the order's Class IV and uniform prices.

4/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class IV in Feb.-Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class IV and uniform prices.

5/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class IV in Mar.-Jun. and Nov.-Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class IV and uniform prices.

6/ Handlers in this marketing area elected not to pool producer milk used in Class IV in May-Dec. due to the relationship between the order's Class IV and uniform prices.
Northeast 001 15.66 14.12 12.45 13.35 11.77 9.94 9.79 5.14 4.06 4.44 5.23 8.54 9.73

Appalachian 005 10.37 13.58 18.18 15.99 11.10 11.00 8.72 5.00 5.02 6.93 6.98 13.51 10.77

Southeast 007 12.66 10.64 10.12 14.39 9.00 3.76 5.35 3.11 2.74 6.74 4.94 9.65 7.97

Florida 006 3.06 1.15 3.46 8.50 5.47 1.35 1.55 0.70 0.65 1.92 1.95 3.93 2.93

Mideast 033 10.16 6.60 6.68 9.85 8.03 6.81 8.24 3.89 4.08 5.49 3.26 3.46 6.29

Upper Midwest 030 1.72 0.56 0.53 1.43 0.49 0.49 1.01 0.42 0.80 0.78 0.55 0.97 0.83

Central 032 12.68 6.58 4.76 3.91 1.76 1.26 2.24 2.08 2.80 2.90 2.89 2.09 3.59

Southwest 126 16.58 13.52 9.29 5.41 4.77 0.55 9.64 5.66 5.75 8.12 0.98 1.58 7.13

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 30.32 32.22 34.24 37.88 36.09 33.01 32.48 21.19 15.03 14.03 17.43 26.42 28.14

Western 135 21.00 19.31 22.01 14.91 5.77 4.19 5.81 1.80 1.59 1.39 1.02 1.62 8.62

Pacific Northwest 124 31.32 30.31 30.37 33.18 16.03 16.38 33.51 30.69 28.48 29.16 21.44 23.66 27.47

12.16 10.27 9.92 10.70 7.43 5.96 8.17 5.36 5.08 5.94 4.58 6.45 7.75

1/ It should be noted that the election not to pool milk normally associated with an order due to a disadvantageous price relationship affects the comparability of this statistic. See footnotes on 

Table 26. Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of 

JUL NOV

Table 27--Class IV Utilization Percentage of Producer Milk, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR

producer milk used in Class IV and total producer milk.

All Markets Combined

JUN AUG SEP OCT

Percent

MAY DEC AVERAGE
Northeast 001 5.53 5.13 4.27 4.23 3.89 4.04 3.57 4.33 6.82 6.45 5.48 5.28 4.72

Appalachian 005 10.21 8.12 5.61 5.66 5.94 5.67 5.51 8.86 9.11 8.12 9.76 7.54 7.04

Southeast 007 7.16 7.97 6.69 5.54 6.70 11.26 8.56 15.50 18.51 10.02 13.54 9.21 8.39

Florida 006 11.02 43.38 12.82 6.85 7.58 23.01 12.46 51.05 53.61 19.00 15.40 12.27 13.33

Mideast 033 11.43 12.29 9.79 7.21 6.93 6.88 5.49 9.48 12.93 10.37 14.19 18.48 9.69

Upper Midwest 030 15.04 44.51 43.27 18.92 43.77 38.10 20.61 38.41 26.27 32.52 51.12 30.47 28.27

Central 032 7.11 9.26 10.69 11.81 15.47 15.92 9.73 13.02 12.00 10.75 11.97 18.51 10.76

Southwest 126 5.23 4.86 5.67 8.42 7.45 20.63 2.90 3.81 6.59 5.89 43.32 27.18 6.19

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 2.25 2.14 2.02 2.05 2.27 3.24 2.04 2.60 1.48 1.11 2.99 2.49 2.27

Western 135 4.63 3.88 3.66 3.99 6.19 5.43 4.81 7.37 24.13 22.76 27.05 15.16 5.18

Pacific Northwest 124 4.76 4.78 4.54 4.17 5.27 4.78 3.79 3.96 4.36 4.45 4.64 4.57 4.43

6.51 6.50 5.78 5.50 5.79 6.04 4.68 6.24 7.97 7.44 9.22 8.30 6.42

Table 28--Butterfat Test of Producer Milk Used in Class IV Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order Marketing 

Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR AUG SEP

in Class IV.

MAY JUN NOV DEC AVERAGE

Percent

1/ Figures shown for All Markets Combined and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of butterfat and producer milk pounds used 

All Markets Combined

JUL OCT
Northeast 001 8.46 8.58 8.68 8.68 8.29 8.64 8.64 8.55 8.34 8.50 8.62 8.64 8.56

Mideast 033 8.06 7.99 8.18 8.42 8.44 8.36 8.46 8.10 7.84 8.14 7.83 7.44 8.17

Upper Midwest 030 7.69 5.02 5.14 7.33 5.07 5.59 7.08 5.50 6.66 6.14 4.46 6.32 6.48

Central 032 8.45 8.26 8.11 7.99 7.64 7.49 8.00 7.71 7.94 8.10 8.06 7.49 8.09

Southwest 126 8.64 8.66 8.57 8.33 8.38 7.18 8.62 8.56 8.38 8.58 5.22 6.69 8.49

Western 135 8.69 8.63 8.76 8.69 8.46 8.53 8.56 8.35 6.89 7.03 6.69 7.79 8.59

Pacific Northwest 124 8.62 8.63 8.62 8.63 8.50 8.55 8.60 8.64 8.66 8.71 8.71 8.70 8.64

8.45 8.46 8.51 8.51 8.27 8.43 8.52 8.42 8.31 8.41 8.27 8.29 8.43

Table 29--Nonfat Solids Test of Producer Milk Used in Class IV Products, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN NOV

Class IV.

DEC AVERAGE

1/ Figures are shown for those orders for which the information is available; that is, the orders with the component pricing system for paying producers. Figures shown for All Markets Combined 

and AVERAGE are computed from the applicable annual or monthly totals of nonfat solids and producer milk pounds used in 

All Markets Combined

JUL AUG SEP OCT

Percent
43

SUMMARY OF CLASS AND PRODUCER PRICES AND GROSS VALUES

In January 2000, a new class pricing system was implemented under the Federal milk order program. 

The Basic Formula Price was replaced by product price formulas that determine milk component values 

that are combined to calculate class prices. The product prices are those collected by the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service. A new Class I price surface was introduced.

During 2000, the base skim milk price for Class I averaged $7.72 per cwt., and was the advanced Class 

IV skim milk pricing factor in every month. This price showed little month-to-month variation during 

the year. The advanced butterfat pricing factor averaged $1.1730 per pound, and ranged from $0.9302 

in February to $1.4355 in July. The Class I base price, equivalent to the Class I mover under the old 

pricing system, averaged $11.55 per cwt., ranging from $10.71 in February to $12.46 in July. For all 

markets combined, the Class I price averaged $14.24 per cwt. in 2000, ranging fr om $13.40 in February 

to $15.15 in July. On an individual order basis, the annual average Class I price ranged from $13.34 in 

the Upper Midwest order to $15.53 in the Florida order.

The Class II price averaged $12.53 per cwt. in 2000, peaking at $13.97 in December, hitting the low 

point of $11.43 in January. The Class II, III, or IV prices do not vary from order to order. The Class 

III price averaged $9.74 per cwt. in 2000, ranging from $8.57 in November to $10.76 in September. 

The Class IV price averaged $11.83, ranging from $10.73 in January to $13.27 in December.

During 2000, the uniform milk price, a statistical measure of the minimum price received by dairy 

farmers marketing milk under the Federal order program, averaged $12.11 per cwt. This price peaked 

in July at $12.71 and hit its low point in February at $11.48. On an individual order basis, the uniform 

milk price ranged from $10.55 in the Upper Midwest order to $15.22 in the Florida order. For those 

producers paid under the component pricing system, those marketing milk under orders 1, 30, 32, 33, 

124, 126, and 135, the annual average values of their milk payment components were: producer price 

differential, $2.05 per cwt.; butterfat, $1.2522 per pound; true protein, $1.6938 per pound; and other 

solids, $0.0509 per pound. For those producers subject to the somatic cell adjustment to their milk 

payment, the rate averaged $0.00057. For those producers under the skim milk/butterfat pricing system, 

those marketing milk under orders 5, 6, 7, and 131, the uniform skim milk price averaged $9.70 per 

cwt. in 2000, and the uniform butterfat price averaged $1.2319 per pound.

The gross value of producer milk receipts under the Federal order program in 2000 was $14.5 billion, 

about 70 percent of the cash receipts from all milk marketings in the country. This figure was computed 

for each order using the applicable minimum component prices adjusted to the actual component tests of 

producer milk receipts. On an individual order basis, the gross value of producer milk receipts was the 

highest in the Northeast order, followed next by the Upper Midwest order. Per producer, the gross value 

of producer milk receipts averaged $207,913. Producers in the Arizona-Las Vegas order had a gross 

value of slightly more than $3 million each, more than twice as much as the next largest per producer 

gross value in the Florida order. On the other end of the scale, producers in the Upper Midwest order 

had a gross value of $132,713 each.
44

FEDERAL MILK ORDER PRICE FORMULAS FOR 2000

 Note: Milk prices are per 100 pounds or cwt., rounded to the nearest cent.

Component prices are per pound, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth cent.

Cheese, dry whey, butter, and nonfat dry milk prices are weighted averages of weekly NASS survey prices. 

Class I:

 Class I Price = (Class I skim milk price x 0.965) + (Class I butterfat price x 3.5).

 Class I Skim Milk Price = Higher of advanced Class III or IV skim milk pricing factors

+ applicable Class I differential.

Class I Butterfat Price = Advanced butterfat pricing factor + (applicable Class I

differential divided by 100).

Note: Advanced pricing factors are computed using applicable price formulas listed below, except that 

product price averages are for two weeks.

Class II:

 Class II Price = (Class II skim milk price x 0.965) + (Class II butterfat price x 3.5).

 Class II Skim Milk Price = Advanced Class IV skim milk pricing factor + $0.70.

 Class II Butterfat Price = Butterfat price + $0.007.

 Class II Nonfat Solids Price = Class II skim milk price divided by 9.

 

Class III:

 Class III Price = (Class III skim milk price x 0.965) + (Butterfat price x 3.5).

 Class III Skim Milk Price = (Protein price x 3.1) + (Other solids price x 5.9).

 Protein Price = ((Cheese price - 0.1702) x 1.405) + ((((Cheese price - 0.1702)

 x 1.582) - Butterfat price) x 1.28).

 Other Solids Price = (Dry whey price - 0.137) divided by 0.968.

 Butterfat Price = (Butter price - 0.114) divided by 0.82.

Class IV:

 Class IV Price = (Class IV skim milk price x 0.965) + (Butterfat price x 3.5).

 Class IV Skim Milk Price = Nonfat solids price x 9.

 Nonfat Solids Price = (Nonfat dry milk price - 0.137) divided by 1.02.

 Butterfat Price = See Class III. 

Producer Prices:

 Butterfat Price = See Class III.

 Protein Price = See Class III.

 Others Solids Price = See Class III.

 Somatic Cell Adjustment Rate = Cheese price x 0.0005, rounded to fifth

 decimal place. Rate is per 1,000 somatic cell count difference from 350,000.
Table 30--NASS Dairy Product Price Averages Used in Federal Milk Order Price Formulas, 2000 1/

Product Price Averages For:

Class I (Skim, Bfat.), Class II (Skim, Nonfat Solids) Class II (Bfat.), Class III, Class IV, Components

Butter Nonfat 

dry milk Cheese Dry Whey Butter Nonfat dry milk Cheese Dry Whey

Year and 

Month Weeks

ending

Dollars per pound

Weeks

ending Dollars per pound

2000

Jan 12/11,18 0.9220 1.0125 1.1268 0.1870 1/1,8,15,22,29 0.8820 1.0115 1.1517 0.1857

Feb 1/8,15 0.8768 1.0114 1.1696 0.1859 2/5,12,19,26 0.9002 1.0106 1.1067 0.1788

Mar 2/5,12 0.9105 1.0104 1.1084 0.1800 3/4,11,18,25 0.9497 1.0094 1.1093 0.1780

Apr 3/4,11 0.9331 1.0098 1.1073 0.1771 4/1,8,15,22,29 1.0449 1.0078 1.1011 0.1765

May 4/8,15 1.0618 1.0096 1.1035 0.1774 5/6,13,20,27 1.1680 1.0071 1.1022 0.1760

Jun 5/6,13 1.1140 1.0100 1.1011 0.1755 6/3,10,17,24 1.2725 1.0097 1.1137 0.1794

Jul 6/10,17 1.2911 1.0106 1.1060 0.1794 7/1,8,15,22,29 1.1547 1.0102 1.2189 0.1909

Aug 7/8,15 1.1729 1.0093 1.2269 0.1893 8/5,12,19,26 1.1520 1.0108 1.1660 0.1929

Sep 8/5,12 1.1465 1.0091 1.1847 0.1940 9/2,9,16,23 1.1560 1.0166 1.2315 0.1856

Oct 9/9,16 1.1444 1.0168 1.2380 0.1856 9/30,10/7,14,21,28 1.1344 1.0127 1.1602 0.1826

Nov 10/7,14 1.1337 1.0143 1.2012 0.1820 11/4,11,18,25 1.4051 1.0159 1.0245 0.1917

Dec 11/4,11 1.2032 1.0157 1.0259 0.1881 12/2,9,16,23,30 1.4698 1.0158 1.0898 0.2172

Average ---- 1.0758 1.0116 1.1416 0.1834 ---- 1.1408 1.0115 1.1313 0.1863

1/ Figures are the average of the applicable weekly prices weighted by the sales volume for the week. See columns labeled “weeks ending” for applicable 

weeks. The most recently released information for the week is used. Averages are computed by the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Table 31—Federal Milk Order Class I and Class II Advanced Prices and Pricing Factors, 2000

Class I Base 

Price 1/

Base Skim 

Milk Price for 

Class I 2/

Advanced 

Class III Skim 

Milk Pricing 

Factor

Advanced 

Class IV Skim 

Milk Pricing 

Factor

Advanced 

Butterfat 

Pricing Factor 

3/

Class II Skim 

Milk Price

Class II Nonfat 

Solids Price Year and 

Month Release Date

Dollars per cwt. $ per lb. $ per cwt. $ per lb.

2000

Jan 12/23/99 10.90 7.72 6.57 7.72 0.9854 8.42 0.9356

Feb 1/21/00 10.71 7.72 7.23 7.72 0.9302 8.42 0.9356

Mar 2/18 10.84 7.71 6.38 7.71 0.9713 8.41 0.9344

Apr 3/17 10.93 7.70 6.24 7.70 0.9989 8.40 0.9333

May 4/21 11.48 7.70 5.58 7.70 1.1559 8.40 0.9333

Jun 5/19 11.70 7.70 5.29 7.70 1.2195 8.40 0.9333

Jul 6/23 12.46 7.71 4.51 7.71 1.4355 8.41 0.9344

Aug 7/21 11.95 7.70 6.43 7.70 1.2913 8.40 0.9333

Sep 8/18 11.84 7.70 6.14 7.70 1.2591 8.40 0.9333

Oct 9/22 11.89 7.76 6.66 7.76 1.2566 8.46 0.9400

Nov 10/20 11.82 7.74 6.30 7.74 1.2435 8.44 0.9378

Dec 11/17 12.13 7.75 4.14 7.75 1.3283 8.45 0.9389

Average ---- 11.55 7.72 5.96 7.72 1.1730 8.42 0.9353

1/ This price is shown for informational purposes only; it is not defined in Section 1000.50 of the order. This price is equivalent to the Class I mover 

function of the Basic Formula Price under the former pricing system. It equals (the base skim milk price for Class I times 0.965) plus (the advanced butterfat 

pricing factor times 3.5).

2/ The higher of the advanced Class III or IV skim milk pricing factors. The Class I skim milk price equals this price plus the applicable Class I differential.

3/ The Class I butterfat price equals this price plus the (applicable Class I differential divided by 100).
Table 32—Federal Milk Order Class II, Class III, and Class IV Milk and Component Prices, 2000

Class II 

Price

1/

Class II 

Butterfat 

Price

Class III 

Price

Class III 

Skim 

Milk 

Price

Class IV 

Price

Class IV 

Skim 

Milk 

Price

Butterfat 

Price

2/

Nonfat 

Solids 

Price

Protein 

Price

2/

Other 

Solids 

Price

2/

Somatic 

Cell 

Adjustment 

Rate 3/

Year and 

Month

Release 

Date

$/cwt. $/lb. Dollars per cwt. Dollars per pound $/count

2000

Jan 2/4/00 11.43 0.9436 10.05 7.02 10.73 7.72 0.9366 0.8574 2.1677 0.0503 0.00058

Feb 3/3 11.51 0.9658 9.54 6.41 10.80 7.71 0.9588 0.8565 1.9849 0.0432 0.00055

Mar 3/31 11.71 1.0261 9.54 6.19 11.00 7.70 1.0191 0.8553 1.9166 0.0424 0.00055

Apr 5/5 12.10 1.1422 9.41 5.63 11.38 7.68 1.1352 0.8537 1.7399 0.0408 0.00055

May 6/2 12.63 1.2924 9.37 5.05 11.91 7.68 1.2854 0.8530 1.5514 0.0403 0.00055

Jun 6/30 13.08 1.4198 9.46 4.68 12.38 7.70 1.4128 0.8556 1.4278 0.0438 0.00056

Jul 8/4 12.58 1.2761 10.66 6.44 11.87 7.70 1.2691 0.8561 1.9726 0.0557 0.00061

Aug 9/1 12.56 1.2729 10.13 5.91 11.87 7.71 1.2659 0.8567 1.7952 0.0577 0.00058

Sep 9/29 12.58 1.2777 10.76 6.54 11.94 7.76 1.2707 0.8624 2.0137 0.0502 0.00062

Oct 11/3 12.54 1.2514 10.02 5.87 11.81 7.73 1.2444 0.8585 1.8028 0.0471 0.00058

Nov 12/1 13.68 1.5815 8.57 3.17 13.00 7.76 1.5745 0.8617 0.9149 0.0565 0.00051

Dec 1/5/01 13.97 1.6604 9.37 3.71 13.27 7.75 1.6534 0.8616 1.0378 0.0829 0.00054

Average ---- 12.53 1.2592 9.74 5.55 11.83 7.72 1.2522 0.8574 1.6938 0.0509 0.00057

1/ See Table 31 for Class II skim milk prices.

2/ Producer component prices; applicable to orders 1, 30, 32, 33, 124, 126, and 135.

3/ Adjustment to producer payment in component pricing orders with this provision. Rate is per 1,000 somatic cell count difference from 350,000. Somatic 

cell counts below 350,000 result in a positive adjustment and a higher payment. Counts above 350,000 result in a lower payment.
Northeast Suffolk Co., MA Boston $3.25 New York City, $3.15; Philadephia, $3.05; Baltimore, $3.00; and Washington, DC, $3.00.

Appalachian Mecklenburg Co., NC Charlotte $3.10 Knoxville, $2.80; and Louisville, $2.20.

Southeast Fulton Co., GA Atlanta $3.10 New Orleans, $3.60; Memphis, $2.80; Nashville, $2.60; and Springfield, MO., $2.20.

Florida Hillsborough Co., FL Tampa $4.00 Orlando, $4.00; Miami, $4.30; and Jacksonville, $3.70.

Mideast Cuyahoga Co., OH Cleveland $2.00 Indianapolis, $2.00; Cincinnati, $2.20; Pittsburgh, $2.10; and Detroit, $ 1.80.

Upper Midwest Cook Co., IL Chicago $1.80 Milwaukee, $1.75; and Minneapolis, $1.70.

Central Jackson Co., MO Kansas City $2.00 Des Moines, $1.80; Omaha, $1.85; Oklahoma City, $2.60; St. Louis, $2.00; and Denver, $2.55.

Southwest Dallas Co., TX Dallas $3.00 Houston, $3.60; San Antonio, $3.45; Albuquerque, $2.35; and El Paso, $2.25.

Arizona-Las Vegas Maricopa Co., AZ Phoenix $2.35 Las Vegas, $2.00.

Western Salt Lake Co., UT Salt Lake City $1.90 Boise, $1.60.

Pacific Northwest King Co., WA Seattle $1.90 Portland, $1.90; and Spokane, $1.90.

Other Major Cities in the Order

Table 33--Federal Milk Order Principal Pricing Points, with Class I Differentials

Federal Milk Order Principal Pricing Point

Major City in 

Principal Pricing 

Point

Class I Differential for:

Principal 

Pricing Point
Northeast 001 10.97 10.97 10.96 10.95 10.95 10.95 10.96 10.95 10.95 11.01 10.99 11.00 10.97

Appalachian 005 10.82 10.82 10.81 10.80 10.80 10.80 10.81 10.80 10.80 10.86 10.84 10.85 10.82

Southeast 007 10.82 10.82 10.81 10.80 10.80 10.80 10.81 10.80 10.80 10.86 10.84 10.85 10.82

Florida 006 11.72 11.72 11.71 11.70 11.70 11.70 11.71 11.70 11.70 11.76 11.74 11.75 11.72

Mideast 033 9.72 9.72 9.71 9.70 9.70 9.70 9.71 9.70 9.70 9.76 9.74 9.75 9.72

Upper Midwest 030 9.52 9.52 9.51 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.51 9.50 9.50 9.56 9.54 9.55 9.52

Central 032 9.72 9.72 9.71 9.70 9.70 9.70 9.71 9.70 9.70 9.76 9.74 9.75 9.72

Southwest 126 10.72 10.72 10.71 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.71 10.70 10.70 10.76 10.74 10.75 10.72

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 10.07 10.07 10.06 10.05 10.05 10.05 10.06 10.05 10.05 10.11 10.09 10.10 10.07

Western 135 9.62 9.62 9.61 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.61 9.60 9.60 9.66 9.64 9.65 9.62

Pacific Northwest 124 9.62 9.62 9.61 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.61 9.60 9.60 9.66 9.64 9.65 9.62

10.41 10.40 10.40 10.39 10.38 10.39 10.39 10.38 10.37 10.44 10.42 10.44 10.40

OCT

Table 34--Class I Skim Milk Price, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

Class I products.

Dollars per Hundredweight

AVERAGE

All Markets Combined

JUL AUG SEP

1/ See Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighted using the applicable pounds of skim milk in producer milk used in 

NOV DEC
Northeast 001 1.0179 0.9627 1.0038 1.0314 1.1884 1.2520 1.4700 1.3238 1.2916 1.2891 1.2760 1.3608 1.2074

Appalachian 005 1.0164 0.9612 1.0023 1.0299 1.1869 1.2505 1.4665 1.3223 1.2901 1.2876 1.2745 1.3593 1.2055

Southeast 007 1.0164 0.9612 1.0023 1.0299 1.1869 1.2505 1.4665 1.3223 1.2901 1.2876 1.2745 1.3593 1.2055

Florida 006 1.0254 0.9702 1.0113 1.0389 1.1959 1.2595 1.4755 1.3313 1.2991 1.2966 1.2835 1.3683 1.2115

Mideast 033 1.0054 0.9502 0.9913 1.0189 1.1759 1.2395 1.4555 1.3113 1.2791 1.2766 1.2635 1.3483 1.1936

Upper Midwest 030 1.0034 0.9482 0.9893 1.0169 1.1739 1.2375 1.4535 1.3093 1.2771 1.2746 1.2615 1.3463 1.1919

Central 032 1.0054 0.9502 0.9913 1.0189 1.1759 1.2395 1.4555 1.3113 1.2791 1.2766 1.2635 1.3483 1.1969

Southwest 126 1.0154 0.9602 1.0013 1.0289 1.1859 1.2495 1.4655 1.3213 1.2891 1.2866 1.2735 1.3583 1.2044

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 1.0089 0.9537 0.9948 1.0224 1.1794 1.2430 1.4590 1.3148 1.2826 1.2801 1.2670 1.3518 1.1979

Western 135 1.0044 0.9492 0.9903 1.0179 1.1749 1.2385 1.4545 1.3103 1.2781 1.2756 1.2625 1.3473 1.1941

Pacific Northwest 124 1.0044 0.9492 0.9903 1.0179 1.1749 1.2385 1.4545 1.3103 1.2781 1.2756 1.2625 1.3473 1.1968

1.0129 0.9576 0.9988 1.0264 1.1833 1.2469 1.4634 1.3186 1.2864 1.2840 1.2709 1.3558 1.2020

Table 35--Class I Butterfat Price, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order Marketing 

Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT

Dollars per Pound

AVERAGE

All Markets Combined

1/ See Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighted using the applicable pounds of butterfat in producer milk used in Class I products.

NOV DEC
Northeast 001 14.15 13.96 14.09 14.18 14.73 14.95 15.71 15.20 15.09 15.14 15.07 15.38 14.81

Appalachian 005 14.00 13.81 13.94 14.03 14.58 14.80 15.56 15.05 14.94 14.99 14.92 15.23 14.65

Southeast 007 14.00 13.81 13.94 14.03 14.58 14.80 15.56 15.05 14.94 14.99 14.92 15.23 14.65

Florida 006 14.90 14.71 14.84 14.93 15.48 15.70 16.46 15.95 15.84 15.89 15.82 16.13 15.53

Mideast 033 12.90 12.71 12.84 12.93 13.48 13.70 14.46 13.95 13.84 13.89 13.82 14.13 13.55

Upper Midwest 030 12.70 12.51 12.64 12.73 13.28 13.50 14.26 13.75 13.64 13.69 13.62 13.93 13.34

Central 032 12.90 12.71 12.84 12.93 13.48 13.70 14.46 13.95 13.84 13.89 13.82 14.13 13.56

Southwest 126 13.90 13.71 13.84 13.93 14.48 14.70 15.46 14.95 14.84 14.89 14.82 15.13 14.55

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 13.25 13.06 13.19 13.28 13.83 14.05 14.81 14.30 14.19 14.24 14.17 14.48 13.90

Western 135 12.80 12.61 12.74 12.83 13.38 13.60 14.36 13.85 13.74 13.79 13.72 14.03 13.45

Pacific Northwest 124 12.80 12.61 12.74 12.83 13.38 13.60 14.36 13.85 13.74 13.79 13.72 14.03 13.46

13.59 13.40 13.53 13.62 14.16 14.39 15.15 14.63 14.51 14.57 14.50 14.82 14.24

JUL DEC

Table 36--Class I Milk Price, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN FEB MAR APR MAY

1/ See Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighted using the applicable pounds of milk in producer milk used in Class I products.

AUG SEP OCT NOV

Dollars per Hundredweight

AVERAGE

All Markets Combined

JUN
Appalachian 005 10.28 10.12 9.94 9.72 9.64 9.60 10.07 10.23 10.28 10.20 10.05 9.78 9.98

Southeast 007 9.78 9.72 9.62 9.36 9.36 9.39 9.84 9.98 10.03 9.82 9.39 9.46 9.64

Florida 006 11.32 11.41 11.30 11.13 11.18 11.32 11.31 11.51 11.48 11.41 11.36 11.26 11.33

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 8.22 8.02 8.00 7.79 7.61 7.51 8.05 8.01 8.15 7.88 6.78 7.05 7.76

9.91 9.81 9.72 9.48 9.42 9.43 9.84 9.97 10.02 9.87 9.51 9.48 9.70

MAY JUN SEP OCT NOV

1/ Information is shown for those orders that use the skim milk/butterfat pricing system for paying producers. See Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighted using 

the applicable skim milk pounds in total producer milk receipts.

All Markets Combined

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN

Table 37--Uniform Skim Milk Price, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

AVERAGE

Dollars per Hundredweight

FEB MAR APR JUL AUG DEC
Appalachian 005 0.9721 0.9617 1.0152 1.1013 1.2521 1.3546 1.3542 1.2934 1.2815 1.2646 1.4454 1.5407 1.2347

Southeast 007 0.9663 0.9606 1.0138 1.0996 1.2488 1.3470 1.3525 1.2924 1.2801 1.2622 1.4523 1.5365 1.2288

Florida 006 0.9855 0.9673 1.0175 1.0897 1.2408 1.3282 1.3901 1.3058 1.2893 1.2758 1.4117 1.4959 1.2275

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 0.9483 0.9586 1.0157 1.1197 1.2699 1.3860 1.3008 1.2763 1.2738 1.2522 1.5135 1.5991 1.2379

0.9667 0.9691 1.0151 1.1020 1.2522 1.3531 1.3501 1.2922 1.2809 1.2633 1.4535 1.5412 1.2319

OCT NOV DEC

1/ Information is shown for those orders that use the skim milk/butterfat pricing system for paying producers. See Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighted 

using the applicable butterfat pounds in total producer milk receipts.

All Markets Combined

FEB APR MAY JUN JUL AVERAGE

Dollars per Pound

Table 38--Uniform Butterfat Price, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number JAN MAR AUG SEP
Northeast 001 2.30 2.67 2.85 3.05 3.53 3.79 2.86 3.26 2.87 3.30 4.79 4.35 3.28

Mideast 033 1.57 1.98 2.14 2.36 2.84 2.92 2.02 2.36 1.77 2.02 3.34 2.79 2.35

Upper Midwest 030 0.43 0.56 0.64 0.74 0.90 0.97 0.70 0.84 0.70 0.86 1.43 1.23 0.81

Central 032 1.18 1.46 1.37 1.43 1.59 1.70 1.29 1.48 1.21 1.38 2.28 2.01 1.54

Southwest 126 1.96 2.28 2.36 2.64 3.06 3.29 2.70 3.03 2.52 2.87 4.02 3.54 2.82

Western 135 1.06 1.39 1.48 1.35 1.47 1.55 1.07 1.40 1.18 1.47 2.11 1.83 1.44

Pacific Northwest 124 1.06 1.52 1.63 1.90 2.33 2.45 1.53 1.81 1.35 1.77 3.23 2.90 1.92

All Markets Combined 1.36 1.66 1.77 1.93 2.24 2.38 1.77 2.05 1.71 2.01 3.10 2.74 2.05

1/ Information is shown for those orders that use the component pricing system for paying producers. See Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighted using the 

applicable pounds of total producer milk receipts.

AVERAGE

Dollars per Hundredweight

JAN FEB MAR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Table 39--Producer Price Differential, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number APR
Northeast 001 12.35 12.21 12.39 12.46 12.90 13.25 13.52 13.39 13.63 13.32 13.36 

Appalachian 005 13.32 13.13 13.15 13.23 13.68 14.01 14.46 14.40 14.41 14.27 14.76 Southeast 007 12.82 12.74 12.83 12.88 13.40 13.78 14.23 14.15 14.16 13.89 14.14 Florida 006 14.37 14.40 14.47 14.55 15.13 15.57 15.78 15.68 15.59 15.48 15.90 Mideast 033 11.62 11.52 11.68 11.77 12.21 12.38 12.68 12.49 12.53 12.04 11.91 Upper Midwest 030 10.48 10.10 10.18 10.15 10.27 10.43 11.36 10.97 11.46 10.88 10.00 Central 032 11.23 11.00 10.91 10.84 10.96 11.16 11.95 11.61 11.97 11.40 10.85 Southwest 126 12.01 11.82 11.90 12.05 12.43 12.75 13.36 13.16 13.28 12.89 12.59 Arizona-Las Vegas 131 11.25 11.09 11.28 11.44 11.79 12.10 12.32 12.20 12.32 11.99 11.84 Western 135 11.11 10.93 11.02 10.76 10.84 11.01 11.73 11.53 11.94 11.49 10.68 Pacific Northwest 124 11.11 11.06 11.17 11.31 11.70 11.91 12.19 11.94 12.11 11.79 11.80 All Markets Combined 11.67 11.48 11.59 11.63 11.94 12.19 12.71 12.49 12.74 12.35 12.11 

AUG SEP OCT 

Federal Milk Order Marketing Area Order Number JAN FEB

Dollars per Hundredweight

1/ For those orders that use the component pricing system for paying producers (orders 1, 30, 32, 33, 124, 126, and 135), the figures are the statistical uniform price (the sum of 

and the Class III price). For those orders that use the skim milk/butterfat pricing system for paying producers (orders 5, 6, 7, and 131), the figures are the uniform price (the sum times 3.5 and the uniform skim milk price times 0.965). Figures are shown at 3.5 percent butterfat; see Table 33 for principal pricing points of markets. All averages are weighpounds of total producer milk receipts.

Table 40--Uniform Milk Price, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000 1/

MAR APR MAY JUN JUL 

NOV
Federal Milk Order Order Uniform Milk

Marketing Area Number Price at Test 2/ All Producers Per Producer

Dollars per Cwt. 1,000 Dollars Dollars

Northeast 001 13.29 3,185,308 184,346

Appalachian 005 14.15 893,686 212,126

Southeast 007 13.76 1,030,356 203,387

Florida 006 15.34 439,830 1,442,065

Mideast 033 12.45 1,765,103 175,982

Upper Midwest 030 10.85 2,541,051 132,713

Central 032 11.58 1,857,560 173,458

Southwest 126 12.81 1,116,188 1,200,202

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 11.96 371,965 3,048,893

Western 135 11.41 461,743 621,457

Pacific Northwest 124 11.90 806,103 769,917

All Markets Combined 12.37 14,468,892 207,913

and the uniform price at test.

1/ For component pricing orders (orders 1, 30, 32, 33, 124, 126, and 135), the sum of the value of 

producer milk components and the value of the producer price differential. For skim/butterfat 

pricing orders (orders 5, 6, 7, and 131), the product of producer milk receipts in hundredweights (cwts.), 

2/ For component pricing orders (see 1/), equals the Class III price adjusted to the applicable component 

and Per Producer, by Federal Milk Order Marketing Area, 2000

Table 41--Uniform Milk Price at Test and Gross Value of Producer Milk Receipts for All Producers

Gross Value of Milk Receipts 1/

tests of producer milk receipts plus the producer price differential.. For skim/buttermilk pricing orders 

(see 1/), equals the sum of the uniform skim milk price times (1 minus the butterfat test of producer milk 

receipts) plus the uniform butterfat price times (the butterfat test of producer milk receipts times 100).

56
57

SUMMARY OF FLUID MILK PRODUCT SALES

Two different data series of fluid milk product sales are shown in this section. The first data series 

presents the volume of packaged fluid milk products produced by handlers regulated under the specific 

Federal milk order listed. This production may be distributed in the marketing area of the Federal order 

under which the handler is regulated, in the marketing area of another Federal order, or in an area that is 

outside any Federal milk order marketing area. The second data series shows the volume of packaged 

fluid milk products sold in a specific order’s marketing area. This volume could include handlers 

regulated under the order whose marketing area is listed, handlers regulated under other Federal orders, 

and handlers not regulated under any Federal milk order.

Nearly 46 billion pounds of packaged fluid milk products were produced by the handlers regulated under 

the Federal milk order program in 2000. This volume was nearly 84 percent of all the packaged fluid

milk products produced in the United States in that year. The fluid milk product with the largest volume 

was whole milk, 15.1 billion pounds, followed closely by reduced fat milk (formerly 2% lowfat milk) 

with 14.6 billion pounds. These two products accounted for nearly 65 percent of the total fluid milk 

products produced by regulated handlers. The order with the largest volume of packaged fluid milk 

production was the Northeast, 10.5 billion pounds, nearly 58 percent larger than the next biggest volume, 

6.7 billion pounds in the Mideast order.

Slightly more than 45 billion pounds of packaged fluid milk products were sold in all Federal milk order 

marketing areas in 2000. This volume was slightly more than 82 percent of all the packaged fluid milk 

products sold in the United States. As a side note, slightly more than 81 percent of the total population 

in the U.S. resides in Federal milk order marketing areas. The proportion of total in-area sales by source 

was: handlers regulated under the specific order, 91%; handlers regulated under other Federal orders, 

6%; and, handlers not regulated under any Federal milk order, 3%. For all Federal milk order 

marketing areas combined, more whole milk is sold than any other fluid milk product. Whole milk sales

totaled 15.1 billion pounds versus 14.3 billion pounds for reduced fat (2%) milk. However, in six of the 

eleven individual Federal milk order marketing areas, more reduced fat (2%) milk was sold than whole 

milk.

For all Federal milk order marketing areas combined, per capita sales of fluid milk products in 2000 was 

198 pounds, about 23 gallons. The order with the highest volume of per capita in-area sales was the 

Western order, 262 pounds, 30.5 gallons. The Southeast order had the smallest per capita sales, 174

pounds, 20.2 gallons. Orders with above-average per capita sales included; Pacific Northwest, Upper 

Midwest, Mideast, and Central.
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Whole milk 15,095.4 3.26 4,312.3 3.24 1,625.0 3.23 1,968.5 3.27

Flavored whole milk 853.6 3.41 92.4 3.39 59.9 3.62 143.9 3.16

Eggnog 2/ 88.6 6.51 24.0 5.93 9.6 7.18 11.8 6.92

Reduced fat milk (2%) 14,576.8 1.96 2,150.8 1.97 1,374.7 1.98 1,403.1 1.98

Low fat milk (1%) 5,193.6 0.97 1,730.0 1.00 252.1 0.97 324.3 1.01

Fat-free milk (skim) 7,116.8 0.13 1,726.0 0.14 607.1 0.16 622.6 0.17

Flavored fat-reduced milk 2,339.0 1.15 465.6 1.42 204.4 1.02 255.0 0.97

Buttermilk 523.1 1.16 33.1 1.15 103.4 0.85 144.7 1.16

Miscellaneous milk products 133.8 1.68 0 --- 39.8 1.22 1.7 3.99

Total fluid milk products 45,920.7 1.98 10,534.3 2.03 4,276.1 2.09 4,875.8 2.18

Continued

Table 42--Packaged Dispositions of Class I Milk Products by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Milk Orders, by Product, by Order, 2000 1/

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Southeast

Volume

All Markets Combined

Volume

See footnotes on page 60.

Northeast Appalachian

Volume Volume Butterfat 

Content

Product Name
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Whole milk 1,161.5 3.30 1,653.0 3.25 624.7 3.27 1,114.4 3.24

Flavored whole milk 75.7 3.46 142.4 3.67 79.2 2.64 88.4 3.63

Eggnog 10.0 7.05 3/ --- 8.5 6.46 3/ ---

Reduced fat milk (2%) 595.7 1.95 2,782.2 1.96 1,566.5 1.98 1,930.8 1.95

Low fat milk (1%) 285.9 1.00 629.1 0.84 516.3 0.98 495.5 0.94

Fat-free milk (skim) 370.2 0.10 972.7 0.10 1,005.3 0.12 844.4 0.12

Flavored fat-reduced milk 108.6 0.88 413.0 1.17 238.0 1.02 283.3 1.11

Buttermilk 16.4 1.00 55.9 1.45 28.0 1.04 46.6 1.16

Miscellaneous milk products 4/ 5.76 29.5 2.55 22.1 1.19 12.9 2.61

Total fluid milk products 2,624.0 2.20 6,677.8 1.89 4,088.5 1.55 4,816.2 1.80

Continued

Table 42--Packaged Dispositions of Class I Milk Products by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Milk Orders, by Product, by Order, 2000 1/ --Con.

Product Name

Florida Mideast Upper Midwest Central

Volume Butterfat 

Content Volume

See footnotes on page 60.

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content Volume Butterfat Content Volume
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Whole milk 1,868.9 3.28 256.3 3.24 169.4 3.29 341.5 3.29

Flavored whole milk 108.6 3.56 23.2 3.24 12.1 3.60 27.8 3.75

Eggnog 3/ --- 4.3 5.82 4.6 7.03 13.2 6.35

Reduced fat milk (2%) 1,036.3 1.90 403.9 1.94 415.0 1.99 917.9 1.98

Low fat milk (1%) 345.5 1.02 113.9 0.95 191.1 1.01 310.0 0.99

Fat-free milk (skim) 355.2 0.11 140.4 0.11 122.8 0.29 349.8 0.15

Flavored fat-reduced milk 197.7 1.15 27.7 1.05 63.2 1.35 82.5 1.21

Buttermilk 58.8 1.36 7.8 2.57 8.4 1.11 19.9 1.24

Miscellaneous milk products 16.2 1.00 0 --- 11.6 2.62 2.5 2.05

Total fluid milk products 3,987.2 2.31 977.5 1.93 998.1 1.82 2,065.1 1.75

4/ Less than 100,000 pounds.

1/ Includes product distributed both in and out of the respective Federal milk order marketing area. Besides receipts from producers, these

dispositions also may include receipts from other Federal order plants and/or receipts from other sources.

2/ Due to reporting problems, this figure does not include the data for all orders. See 3/.

3/ Data for this product was not reported separately.

Table 42--Packaged Dispositions of Class I Milk Products by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Milk Orders, by Product, by Order, 2000 1/--Con.

Product Name

Southwest Arizona-Las Vegas Western Pacific Northwest

Volume Butterfat 

Content Volume Butterfat Content

Butterfat 

Content Volume Butterfat Content Volume
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Whole milk products 2/ 15,981.2 3.26 4,295.0 3.18 1,440.3 3.26 2,141.9 3.28

 Whole milk 15,061.6 3.24 4,213.7 3.18 1,350.1 3.22 2,008.5 3.26

 Flavored whole milk 845.2 3.41 81.1 3.31 74.8 3.52 121.9 3.24

 Eggnog 3/ 66.6 6.72 4/ --- 8.1 7.23 11.4 6.96

Fat-reduced milk products 2/ 29,229.3 1.28 5,484.4 1.14 2,136.2 1.31 2,803.7 1.32

 Reduced fat milk (2%) 14,336.7 1.96 1,950.5 1.97 1,122.1 1.97 1,436.2 1.98

 Low fat milk (1%) 5,062.4 0.97 1,550.3 0.99 214.3 0.98 320.3 1.01

 Fat-free milk (skim) 6,957.7 0.13 1,532.0 0.14 504.3 0.16 623.8 0.17

 Flavored fat-reduced milk 2,284.7 1.15 422.6 1.43 1,84.5 1.02 265.1 0.98

 Buttermilk 515.4 1.17 29.0 1.17 82.9 0.85 1,52.8 1.12

Total fluid milk products 2/ 45,210.5 1.98 9,779.4 2.04 3,576.5 2.09 4,945.5 2.17

Continued

Total Sales

Northeast Appalachian

Total Sales Total Sales Butterfat 

Content

See footnotes on page 63.

Product Name

Table 43--Sales of Fluid Milk Products in Federal Milk Order Marketing Areas, by Product, by Order, 2000 1/

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Southeast

Total Sales

All Markets Combined
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Whole milk products 2/ 1,304.1 3.32 1,770.2 3.28 785.3 3.26 1,217.5 3.27

 Whole milk 1,230.8 3.29 1,622.0 3.24 690.0 3.27 1,117.7 3.24

 Flavored whole milk 63.3 3.46 147.3 3.73 83.9 2.74 96.6 3.45

 Eggnog 9.8 7.08 4/ --- 11.4 6.40 4/ ---

Fat-reduced milk products 2/ 1,496.8 1.16 4,856.6 1.37 3,602.5 1.20 3,426.6 1.30

 Reduced fat milk (2%) 640.8 1.95 2,783.4 1.96 1,690.2 1.98 1,821.5 1.96

 Low fat milk (1%) 312.7 1.02 625.8 0.84 546.9 0.98 489.1 0.95

 Fat-free milk (skim) 416.0 0.11 984.0 0.10 1,057.8 0.12 807.0 0.12

 Flavored fat-reduced milk 108.1 0.94 403.5 1.17 261.8 1.04 254.8 1.08

 Buttermilk 19.2 1.00 58.0 1.43 29.0 1.04 46.2 1.16

Total fluid milk products 2/ 2,800.9 2.17 6,626.8 1.88 4,387.8 1.57 4,644.1 1.82

Continued

Total Sales Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content Total Sales Butterfat Content Total Sales

See footnotes on page 63.

Table 43--Sales of Fluid Milk Products in Federal Milk Order Marketing Areas, by Product, by Order, 2000 1/--Continued 

Product Name

Florida Mideast Upper Midwest Central

Total Sales Butterfat 

Content
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Whole milk products 2/ 2,065.4 3.29 404.7 3.31 153.1 3.39 403.8 3.43

 Whole milk 1,947.7 3.28 372.8 3.28 141.3 3.27 366.9 3.30

 Flavored whole milk 117.6 3.53 27.5 3.24 7.5 3.57 23.7 3.72

 Eggnog 4/ --- 4.3 5.85 4.4 7.00 13.2 6.36

Fat-reduced milk products 2/ 2,097.9 1.35 807.2 1.38 737.1 1.41 1,780.3 1.36

 Reduced fat milk (2%) 1,092.7 1.91 466.0 1.95 372.1 1.98 961.2 1.98

 Low fat milk (1%) 355.9 1.02 133.3 0.96 179.5 1.00 334.3 0.99

 Fat-free milk (skim) 367.6 0.11 166.3 0.13 122.3 0.35 376.5 0.17

 Flavored fat-reduced milk 206.3 1.17 34.2 1.07 55.5 1.28 88.2 1.17

 Buttermilk 63.6 1.36 7.1 2.75 7.6 1.12 20.0 1.22

Total fluid milk products 2/ 4,163.3 2.31 1,211.9 2.02 890.2 1.75 2,184.1 1.75

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content Total Sales Butterfat Content Total Sales

Table 43--Sales of Fluid Milk Products in Federal Milk Order Marketing Areas, by Product, by Order, 2000 1/--Continued 

Product Name

Southwest Arizona-Las Vegas 5/ Western Pacific Northwest

Total Sales Butterfat 

Content Total Sales

1/ Includes sales in each area by handlers regulated under the respective order, by handlers regulated under other orders, by partially

regulated handlers, by exempt handlers, and by producer-handlers. (See page 6 for the definitions of these handler types.) Sales routes

of some handlers may extend outside defined marketing areas; therefore some in-area sales may be partially estimated.

2/ May include miscellaneous fluid milk products.

3/ Due to reporting problems, this figure does not include the data for all orders. See 4/.

4/ Data for this product was not reported separately.

5/ The in-area sales data for this order does not include all the sales in the marketing area due to the reporting exemption

of the fluid milk processor located in Clark County, Nevada.
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SUMMARY OF MILK USED TO PRODUCE MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS

The statistics shown in this section differ from those shown in the lower class utilization tables in the 

Quantities and Utilization of Milk Priced section. In addition to producer milk used in each class, this 

section includes “other source” milk used to produce lower class products. Other source milk is milk 

and dairy products received from other order plants or unregulated plants.

During 2000, nearly 71.3 billion pounds of milk, skim milk, and cream that were used to produce Class 

II, III, and IV products were handled by milk processors regulated under the Federal milk order 

program. This volume was either processed in their own regulated plants, or transferred or diverted to 

unregulated nonpool plants for processing. On a whole-milk-equivalent basis, 54.2 percent of this 

volume was used in Class III products, 28.3 percent in Class II, 17.3 percent in Class IV, and 0.2 

percent in other uses (milk and dairy products that were dumped, used for animal feed, or destroyed).

There were 13.2 billion pounds of milk, skim milk, and cream used to produce Class II products in 

2000. The butterfat test of this volume was 7.26 percent. On a volume basis the largest Class II volume 

was used in frozen desserts, 5.2 billion pounds with a 9.27 percent butterfat content, followed by cottage 

cheese, 3.4 billion pounds with a 1.77 percent butterfat content. On a whole-milk-equivalent basis, 

frozen desserts would remain the largest use, but both fluid cream pr oducts and sour cream products use 

would have been larger than cottage cheese. On an individual order basis, those orders with larger 

populations had higher Class II volumes, with the exception of the Southeast order.

Class III production accounted for 48.2 billion pounds of milk, skim milk, and cream which had a 

butterfat test of 3.81 percent. The largest Class III volume was used in American cheese, 23.2 billion 

pounds with a 3.84 percent butterfat content, followed by Italian cheese, 14.8 billion pounds with a 3.54 

percent butterfat content. The order with the largest volume of Class III production was the Upper 

Midwest, 17.1 billion pounds, more than 85 percent larger than the next highest order volume, Central 

with 9.2 billion pounds. These two orders accounted for nearly 55 percent of total Class III production 

in all Federal milk orders.

There were 9.5 billion pounds of milk, skim milk, and cream used to produce Class IV products in 2000. 

The butterfat content of this volume was 6.13 percent. The Class IV product with the largest volume 

was nonfat dry milk; the product with the largest whole-milk-equivalent was butter. The order with the 

largest volume used to produce Class IV products was the Northeast, 2.5 billion pounds. About 0.3 

billion pounds of milk, skim milk, and cream were used in “other uses” in 2000. This use would have 

been Class III in each month of that year.
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Northeast 001 621.2 17.06 211.9 12.73 1,120.5 3.27 1,318.0 8.19 375.3 2.16 3,955.3 7.50

Appalachian 005 71.4 12.41 30.3 14.99 200.0 1.01 436.5 9.33 22.4 0.58 1,144.1 5.95

Southeast 007 52.9 22.29 21.3 15.05 64.2 0.80 563.6 7.92 5/ --- 743.6 8.14

Florida 006 60.9 19.59 5/ --- 5/ --- 167.7 10.50 5/ --- 332.9 9.56

Mideast 033 82.6 23.21 61.2 17.96 544.6 1.35 885.4 10.10 405.0 1.57 2,305.9 6.30

Upper Midwest 030 175.9 20.00 137.7 15.00 270.9 1.09 384.8 10.36 114.8 3.29 1,156.4 9.14

Central 032 87.8 16.26 70.3 15.21 591.4 1.11 561.7 10.57 35.9 0.69 1,404.0 6.71

Southwest 126 99.3 18.37 100.8 13.52 136.7 0.74 515.9 7.99 153.8 1.66 1,052.7 7.47

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 31.9 13.24 5/ --- 5/ --- 37.6 13.72 0 --- 158.5 6.96

Western 135 18.2 22.62 15.7 16.04 165.2 0.45 193.5 7.71 5/ --- 406.1 5.66

Pacific Northwest 124 75.7 19.68 40.1 12.33 173.7 0.61 142.0 15.21 89.9 0.50 531.4 8.13

All Markets Combined 1,377.7 18.05 711.8 14.21 3,358.4 1.77 5,206.7 9.27 1,253.1 1.75 13,191.0 7.26

Fluid Cream Products 2/

Volume

Sour Cream Products Cottage Cheese 3/

Butterfat Content Volume Volume

Yogurt Total Class II 4/

Volume Volume

Table 44--Milk, Skim Milk, and Cream Used to Produce Class II Products, by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Milk Orders, by Product Grouping, by Order, 2000 1/

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content Volume

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number

Frozen Desserts

4/ Includes listed product groupings, miscellaneous cream products, "other" food products, and restricted data per 5/.

5/ Data are restricted; pertains to the operations of fewer than three handlers. Data are included in the "All Markets Combined" figure for the product grouping.

1/ Includes producer milk and other source milk used to produce these products in regulated pool plants as well as milk diverted or transferred to non-order plants where 

these products are manufactured.

2/ Includes milk and cream mixtures, light cream, and heavy cream.

3/ Includes ricotta cheese.
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent

Northeast 001 1,979.9 3.55 3,496.2 3.52 526.7 11.83 595.6 2.14 6,933.1 3.99

Appalachian 005 3/ 187.9 7.30 0 --- 0 --- 5/ --- 187.9 7.30

Southeast 007 1,031.7 4.62 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 1,031.7 4.62

Florida 006 12.3 20.03 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 12.3 20.03

Mideast 033 1,083.2 3.31 1,983.8 3.01 0 --- 1,370.2 3.95 4,600.0 3.36

Upper Midwest 030 8,504.5 3.78 5,531.9 3.65 4/ --- 6/ 1,824.2 4.14 17,142.6 3.78

Central 032 4,165.2 3.68 3,679.9 3.72 40.2 11.06 948.3 3.91 9,243.8 3.71

Southwest 126 3,261.4 3.50 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 3,328.1 3.49

Arizona-Las Vegas 131 3/ 1,088.0 5.70 0 --- 0 --- 5/ --- 1,088.0 5.70

Western 135 453.9 4.08 4/ --- 4/ --- 6/ 1,894.7 3.61 2,348.6 3.70

Pacific Northwest 124 1,451.7 3.56 104.8 2.41 4/ --- 6/ 756.3 4.10 2,312.8 3.68

All Markets Combined 3/ 23,219.8 3.84 14,796.6 3.54 566.9 11.77 6/ 7,389.2 3.78 48,229.0 3.81

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number

Table 45--Milk, Skim Milk, and Cream Used to Produce Class III Products, by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Milk Orders, by Product Grouping, by Order, 2000 1/

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Other Cheese Total Class III 2/

Volume Volume Butterfat Content

American Cheese

Volume

Italian Cheese Cream Cheese

Volume Volume

4/ Data are restricted; pertains to the operations of fewer than three firms. Data are included in "Other" cheese.

5/ Data are restricted; pertains to the operations of fewer than three firms. Data are included in American cheese.

6/ Includes small volumes of Italian and/or cream cheese; see 4/.

1/ Includes producer milk and other source milk used to produce these products in regulated pool plants as well as milk diverted or transferred to non-order plants where these products 

are manufactured.

2/ Includes listed cheeses and evaporated or sweetened condensed milk in consumer-type packages.

3/ Includes small volumes of "Other" cheeses; see 5/.
Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent Mil. lbs. Percent M

Northeast 001 225.1 44.51 1,461.4 0.07 688.5 4.08 2,460.5 5.25 Appalachian 005 86.9 18.87 4/ --- 5/ 108.7 4.05 207.6 10.06 Southeast 007 206.8 17.89 121.1 0.08 0 --- 355.8 10.43 Florida 006 39.5 19.26 0 --- 0 --- 60.7 12.53 Mideast 033 189.6 39.82 548.4 0.11 50.5 7.92 814.0 9.84 Upper Midwest 030 201.1 18.10 332.1 3.97 631.7 3.72 1,181.8 6.19 Central 032 128.5 32.14 333.5 4.47 0 --- 476.7 11.79 Southwest 126 166.7 33.71 6/ 658.8 0.18 7/ --- 842.8 6.81 Arizona-Las Vegas 131 8/ --- 8/ --- 0 --- 893.1 2.38 Western 135 8/ --- 8/ --- 0 --- 344.4 5.36 Pacific Northwest 124 8/ 391.1 30.73 8/ 2,714.9 0.08 0 --- 1,886.2 4.38 All Markets Combined 1,635.2 30.02 6/ 6,170.4 0.53 5/ 1,479.4 4.06 9,523.5 6.13 

Federal Milk Order 

Marketing Area

Order 

Number

Table 46--Milk, Skim Milk, and Cream Used to Produce Class IV Products and "Other Uses", by Handlers Regulated Under Federal Milk Orders, by Product Groupi

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Butterfat 

Content

Total Class IV 2/ 

Volume V

Butter

Volume

Nonfat Dry Milk Other Dry Milk

Volume Volume

1/ Includes producer milk and other source milk used to produce these products in regulated pool plants as well as milk diverted or transferred to non-order plants 

where these products are manufactured.4/ Data are restricted; pertains to the operations of fewer than three firms. Data are included in "Other" dry milk.5/ Includes small volumes of nonfat dry milk; see 4/.

2/ Includes listed product groupings.every month of 2000.3/ Milk and dairy products that have been dumped, used for animal feed, or destroyed. Such uses are assigned to the lowest priced class for the month: Class III in 6/ Includes small volumes of "other" dry milk; see 7/.

7/ Data are restricted; pertains to the operations of fewer than three firms. Data are included in Nonfat dry milk.8/ Data for Arizona-Las Vegas, Western, and Pacific Northwest have been combined for these products to mask restricted data, that which pertains to the operations of fewer than three firms.