# United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - December 2023 statistics (published 25 January 2024) - GOV.UK

> The UK average farm-gate milk price for December 2023 was 37.83 pence per litre, up 0.1% on November but down 27% year on year. Butterfat rose to 4.39% and protein fell to 3.45%, and December volumes were 1,223 million litres, up 5.4% month on month.

- Date: 2024-02-29 · published 2024-02-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31680-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-december
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The official UK price and volume data confirm that milk prices remain far below last year's levels, which keeps dairy-based feed demand and farm margins under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-02-27 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - December 2024 statistics (published 23 January 2025) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26036-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-december.md) | -9.7% | -8.2% |
| MILK | 2021-01-21 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - December 2020 statistics (published 21 January 2021) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49167-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-december.md) | -0.2% | -3.5% |
| MILK | 2020-01-23 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk - December 2019 statistics (published 23 January 2020) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55101-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-december-2019-statistics.md) | +0.1% | -0.6% |
| MILK | 2020-01-09 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk - November 2019 statistics (published 9 January 2020) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55103-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-november-2019-statistics.md) | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| MILK | 2023-10-26 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - August 2023 statistics (published 28 September 2023) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33628-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-august.md) | +2.1% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-statistics-notices-on-uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-2023/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-december-2023-statistics-published-25-january-2024

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