# Milk, cheese and butter prices are down. Here's why.

> U.S. milk averaged $4.00 a gallon in November, down 4.2% from August and 3.4% below November 2024. Stick butter fell 10.7% from August to $4.31 a pound.

- Date: 2025-12-19 · published 2025-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21496-milk-cheese-and-butter-prices-are-down-here-s-why
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Retail dairy declines reflect weaker wholesale milk and butter prices, signaling soft farm-gate values for milk and fat.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- usatoday.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2025/12/19/milk-cheese-butter-prices-down-why/87826602007/

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