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The UK average farm-gate milk price for August 2018 was 29.73 pence per litre, up 4.1% on July and up 2.3% year on year. Butterfat rose to 4.04%, while August milk volumes fell 2.8% on the previous month to 1,196 million litres.
A rising UK milk price alongside seasonally lower volumes signals tighter domestic supply, which supports dairy-related feed demand and pricing sentiment.
After 237 past bullish report events, Milk (Class III) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.6%), and +1.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.