# United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - February 2023 statistics (published 30 March 2023) - GOV.UK

> The UK government statistics notice reports the average farm-gate milk price for February 2023 at 48.06 pence per litre, down 2.3% month on month but up 33% year on year. Butterfat was 4.31% and protein 3.38%, while February volumes were 1,151 million litres, down 7.6% on January.

- Date: 2023-04-27 · published 2023-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36406-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-february
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Falling UK farm-gate prices with steady volumes signal weakening dairy margins, which can ease demand for dairy-linked feed ingredients over time. The effect on feed prices is modest because the figures are routine statistics.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2024-06-27 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - April 2024 statistics (published 30 May 2024) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29751-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-april-2024.md) | -1.7% | -0.2% |
| 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 | 2025-03-06 | [February 2025 Class II, III and IV milk prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4704-february-2025-class-ii-iii-and-iv-milk-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | +1.8% | -6.1% |

## 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-february-2023-statistics-published-30-march-2023

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