# Figure to December 2018 (published 24 January 2019) - GOV.UK

> UK average farm-gate milk price for December 2018 was 30.69 pence per litre, down 2.9% from November and down 2.9% year on year. Butterfat fell to 4.16%, while December milk volumes rose 5.1% month on month to 1,234 million litres.

- Date: 2019-01-24 · published 2019-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61106-figure-to-december-2018-published-24-january-2019-gov-uk
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower UK farm-gate prices reflect soft dairy markets and seasonal volume increases, which pressure milk-based feed demand and dairy margins. Milk price weakness can reduce dairy herd size over time.

## 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 | 2018-01-05 | [MPP Forecast: January 2018 - NMPF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7146-mpp-forecast-january-2018-nmpf.md) | -1.7% | -3.0% |
| MILK | 2018-02-26 | [The Daily — Dairy statistics, December 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66487-the-daily-dairy-statistics-december-2017.md) | +5.2% | +6.0% |
| MILK | 2023-04-27 | [United Kingdom milk prices and composition of milk statistics notice - February 2023 statistics (published 30 March 2023) - GOV.UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36406-united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-february.md) | -10.0% | -13.0% |
| MILK | 2024-12-31 | [Dairy Market Report December 2024 - EDairy News English](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6086-dairy-market-report-december-2024-edairy-news-english.md) | +9.4% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-statistics-notices-on-uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-2018/figure-to-december-2018-published-24-january-2019

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