Marketing Order Statistics 

Price Formulas 2019

United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service Dairy Program Market Information Branch

MOSPF-2019 May 21, 2019

Announced milk prices are per 100 pounds (or cwt), rounded to the nearest cent. Component prices are 

per pound, rounded to nearest one-hundredth cent. Product prices and pricing factors are per pound, 

rounded to the nearest one-hundredth cent. 

For advanced cheese, dry whey, butter, and nonfat dry milk prices, the prices are two-week weighted 

averages of the weekly National Dairy Products Sales Report (NDPSR) prices, rounded to the nearest 

one-hundredth cent.

For cheese, dry whey, butter, and nonfat dry milk prices, the prices are four- or five-week weighted 

averages of NDPSR prices, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth cent.

Class I: 

• Base Class I Price = (Base Skim Milk Price for Class I x 0.965) + (Advanced Butterfat Pricing Factor 

x 3.5)

• Base Skim Milk Price for Class I = ((Advanced Class III Skim Milk Pricing Factor + Advanced Class 

IV Skim Milk Pricing Factor) / 2) + $0.74

• Advanced Class III Skim Milk Pricing Factor = (Advanced Protein Price x 3.1) + (Advanced Other 

Solids Price x 5.9)

• Advanced Protein Price = ((Advanced Cheese Price - 0.2003) x 1.383) + ((((Advanced Cheese 

Price – 0.2003) x 1.572) – Advanced Butterfat Pricing Factor x 0.9) x 1.17)

• Advanced Other Solids Price = (Advanced Dry Whey Price – 0.1991) x 1.03

• Advanced Class IV Skim Milk Pricing Factor = Advanced Nonfat Solids Price x 9

• Advanced Nonfat Solids Price = (Advanced Nonfat Dry Milk Price – 0.1678) x 0.99

• Advanced Butterfat Pricing Factor = (Advanced Butter Price - 0.1715) x 1.211

• Class II Skim Milk Price = Advanced Class IV Skim Milk Pricing Factor + 0.70

• Class II Nonfat Solids Price = Class II Skim Milk Price / 9

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

 Butterfat Price = (Butter Price – 0.1715) x 1.211
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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-0.2003) x 1.383� +

���(Cheese Price-0.2003) x 1.572� - Butterfat Price x 0.9� x 1.17�

 Other Solids Price = (Dry Whey Price – 0.1991) x 1.03

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 – 0.1678) x 0.99

Somatic Cell Adjustment Rate = Cheese price x 0.0005, rounded to fifth decimal place (per 1,000 

somatic cell count). 
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Information Contacts 

Listed below are the specialists in the Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Program, Market 

Information Branch to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to 

dpp@ams.usda.gov. 

Lorie Warren Cashman

Chief, Market Information 

(202) 720-4405

Dairy Products Mandatory Reporting Program

Patsy Emmons

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator 

(202) 720-6491

Kerry Siekmann

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist 

(952) 277-2363

Jessica Newsome

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist

(202) 260-9091

Federal Milk Order Information Program

Kerry Siekmann

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist, Coordinator 

(952) 277-2363

Randal Stoker

Dairy Products Marketing Specialist 

(202) 690-1932

For the most current release, visit AMS Dairy Program (Dairy Products Mandatory Reporting Program’s 

page) or Cornell University’s Library (National Dairy Products Sales Report page).

To receive e-mail notification for AMS Dairy Program publications, visit Cornell University’s Library

and follow the instructions.

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