# Skim Milk Powder Becomes More Expensive Amid Protein Boom

> US skim milk powder spot prices averaged 2.1756 dollars per pound last month, up 90.9% year on year, while butter fell 18.9% over the same period. Demand for high-protein dairy products, including sports nutrition and GLP-1 related products, has pulled skim milk above butter in price. Butter output rose 10.9% year on year in September as more fat was left over from protein production.

- Date: 2026-11-15 · published 2026-11-15T18:17:57.055Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/101560-skim-milk-powder-becomes-more-expensive-amid-protein-boom
- Commodities: [Nonfat Dry Milk](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NFDM.md)

## Why it matters

Strong demand for skim solids lifts the price of nonfat dry milk, a feed and food protein input, and it changes the relative value of dairy streams. The growing butter fat surplus may limit butter prices, even as protein-driven demand keeps skim milk powder firm.

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## Sources

- m.wowtv.co.kr: https://m.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=2026111574931

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