# Milk prices, margins held in January -  | Ag Proud

> The US average milk price for January 2017 was $18.90 per cwt, up 10 cents from December and the highest monthly average since December 2014. Feed costs averaged $7.84 per cwt, up about 15 cents. The MPP-Dairy margin stayed above $11 for a second month.

- Date: 2017-03-01 · published 2017-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5044-milk-prices-margins-held-in-january-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Strong milk prices with margins well above the MPP trigger support dairy producer income. Rising corn and soybean costs and a weaker 2017 margin outlook are the main pressures ahead.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-02-29 | [February FMMO milk class prices inch higher \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5460-february-fmmo-milk-class-prices-inch-higher-ag-proud.md) | -4.1% | -4.8% |
| MILK | 2017-01-04 | [Milk price and margin hits 12-month high – Dairy Economic Update January 2017 -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73028-milk-price-and-margin-hits-12-month-high-dairy-economic-update-january-2017-ag.md) | -4.0% | -3.6% |
| MILK | 2026-04-16 | [Uniform milk prices are firm heading into spring flush \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19712-uniform-milk-prices-are-firm-heading-into-spring-flush-ag-proud.md) | -0.8% | +0.7% |
| MILK | 2026-05-14 | [April uniform milk prices, PPDs rise \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19417-april-uniform-milk-prices-ppds-rise-ag-proud.md) | -0.9% | -6.3% |
| MILK | 2022-03-08 | [Economic Update: February Class III-IV milk prices higher \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42420-economic-update-february-class-iii-iv-milk-prices-higher-ag-proud.md) | -0.9% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2025-01-27 | [January 2025 USDA Feed Outlook report \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26566-january-2025-usda-feed-outlook-report-ag-proud.md) | -0.8% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2021-02-04 | [Another surge in the value of FAO Food Price Index in January -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48657-another-surge-in-the-value-of-fao-food-price-index-in-january.md) | -3.1% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2019-03-21 | [Milk prices may start moving in the right direction](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60256-milk-prices-may-start-moving-in-the-right-direction.md) | -1.2% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/18947-milk-prices-margins-held-in-january

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