# Benchmark milk price falls $2.32 | TheFencePost.com

> USDA announced the first Federal order Class III benchmark of 2020 at $17.05 per hundredweight, down $2.32 from December. Global Dairy Trade auction prices fell 4.7% in the latest event, with whole milk powder down 6.2%, as traders weigh coronavirus fallout.

- Date: 2020-02-14 · published 2020-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54735-benchmark-milk-price-falls-2-32-thefencepost-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Class III and weak GDT powder and butterfat values point to softer dairy prices, reducing the value of dairy-based feed inputs and pressuring milk returns.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-01-08 | [Benchmark milk price plummets \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49313-benchmark-milk-price-plummets-thefencepost-com.md) | -3.7% | -7.2% |
| MILK | 2018-12-14 | [Benchmark milk price drops $1.09 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61716-benchmark-milk-price-drops-1-09-thefencepost-com.md) | +0.5% | +2.2% |
| MILK | 2022-09-09 | [Benchmark drops $2.42 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39723-benchmark-drops-2-42-thefencepost-com.md) | +0.2% | +11.7% |
| MILK | 2022-08-12 | [Benchmark drops $1.81 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40201-benchmark-drops-1-81-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.2% | -1.7% |
| MILK | 2025-12-15 | [Benchmark creeps up 27 cents \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21663-benchmark-creeps-up-27-cents-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.8% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- thefencepost.com: https://www.thefencepost.com/news/benchmark-falls-2-32/

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