# United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - April 2024 statistics (published 30 May 2024) - GOV.UK

> The UK average farm-gate milk price for April 2024 was 37.21 pence per litre, down 2.4% from March and down 5.7% year on year. Butterfat fell to 4.26% and protein to 3.40%, while April volumes were 1,318 million litres, down 0.7% month on month.

- Date: 2024-06-27 · published 2024-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29751-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-april-2024
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower UK farm-gate prices reflect weaker dairy product values earlier in the spring, reducing margins for feed buyers' dairy customers and signalling softer demand for dairy feed inputs.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-06-29 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - April 2023 statistics (published 25 May 2023) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35486-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-april-2023.md) | -2.6% | -3.8% |
| MILK | 2024-07-25 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - May 2024 statistics (published 27 June 2024) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29260-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-may-2024.md) | +3.4% | +4.0% |
| MILK | 2023-04-27 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - February 2023 statistics (published 30 March 2023) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36406-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-february.md) | -10.0% | -13.0% |
| MILK | 2023-03-30 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - January 2023 statistics (published 02 March 2023) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36857-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-january.md) | +3.4% | +3.1% |
| MILK | 2024-05-14 | [2024 All-Milk Price Sees Growth, More Cows and Production Predicted - Dairy Herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30251-2024-all-milk-price-sees-growth-more-cows-and-production-predicted-dairy-herd.md) | -0.0% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-statistics-notices-on-uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-2024/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-april-2024-statistics-published-30-may-2024

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