# United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk - December 2019 statistics (published 23 January 2020) - GOV.UK

> The UK farm-gate milk price for December 2019 averaged 29.32 pence per litre, down 1.8% month on month and 3.6% year on year. Butterfat fell to 4.25% and protein to 3.41%, while December volumes rose 5.1% from November to 1,228 million litres.

- Date: 2020-01-23 · published 2020-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55101-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-december-2019-statistics
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower UK farm-gate prices reflect soft dairy markets, and the rise in volumes adds supply pressure on feed-buying dairy herds. The release shows no immediate shift in price direction.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 2024-02-29 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - December 2023 statistics (published 25 January 2024) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31680-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-december.md) | -4.1% | -4.8% |
| MILK | 2019-11-28 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk - October 2019 statistics (published 28 November 2019) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56063-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-october-2019-statistics.md) | -4.0% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-statistic-notices-on-uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-2019/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-december-2019-statistics-published-23-january-2020

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