# Dairy prices expected to remain high entering 2025 | Dairy Processing

> USDA's October WASDE projects 2025 US cheddar at $1.88/lb, butter at $2.79/lb and all-milk at $22.75/cwt, all lower than prior-month forecasts. Global dairy prices are retreating from near-record highs earlier in 2024.

- Date: 2024-10-21 · published 2024-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27860-dairy-prices-expected-to-remain-high-entering-2025-dairy-processing
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower projected 2025 dairy prices reduce expected dairy-based feed ingredient values, while seasonal demand keeps prices elevated near term.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-10-30 | 5 | -11.5% | -4.0 | The October WASDE lowered 2025 cheddar, butter and all-milk forecasts and noted global prices retreating from highs, which supports bearish sentiment on futures. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-01-30 | [All Milk Prices Expected To Drop In 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5878-all-milk-prices-expected-to-drop-in-2023.md) | -8.0% | -8.4% |
| MILK | 2025-09-23 | [Dairy Production, Demand Expected To Increase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22859-dairy-production-demand-expected-to-increase.md) | -0.4% | -3.7% |
| MILK | 2020-08-12 | [Increasing milk production expected to keep dairy prices low - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51624-increasing-milk-production-expected-to-keep-dairy-prices-low-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.3% | -14.3% |
| MILK | 2017-11-29 | [Exports key to higher milk prices in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67977-exports-key-to-higher-milk-prices-in-2018.md) | -8.3% | -8.3% |
| MILK | 2018-01-03 | [2018 milk price expected to average $1 less than 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66986-2018-milk-price-expected-to-average-1-less-than-2017.md) | -10.5% | -13.1% |

## Sources

- dairyprocessing.com: https://www.dairyprocessing.com/articles/2824-dairy-prices-expected-to-remain-high-entering-2025

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