# Weekly Digest: Summer repeat: July Class IV milk price stays strong, adding to depooling incentives | Ag Proud

> The July 2022 Class IV milk price held at $25.79 per hundredweight, $3.27 above Class III and the widest spread since November 2020. The wide gap gives processors an incentive to keep Class IV milk out of federal milk marketing order pools. Class IV averaged $24.83 for January through July.

- Date: 2022-08-18 · published 2022-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40204-weekly-digest-summer-repeat-july-class-iv-milk-price-stays-strong-adding-to
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A wide Class III-IV spread shifts milk toward cheese and drives depooling decisions that affect how producer returns are distributed. It does not directly change the overall milk supply available for feed.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/55723-weekly-digest-summer-repeat-july-class-iv-milk-price-stays-strong-adding-to-depooling-incentives

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