Marketing Order 

Statistics

Price Formulas 2015

United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service Dairy Programs Market Information Branch

August 18, 2016

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

rounded to nearest one-hundredth cent. Cheese, dry whey, butter, and nonfat dry milk prices are weighted 

monthly averages of weekly NASS survey prices, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth cent.

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 – 0.2003) 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) times 1.03.

Butterfat Price = (Butter price – 0.1715) times 1.211.
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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) times 0.99.

Butterfat 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. 
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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, 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 Crum, 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

Daniel Manzoni, Dairy Products Marketing Specialist..................................................... (202) 720-2352

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

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

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

follow the instructions.

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