# October Cold Storage report shows butter, American cheese stocks slip | Market Columns | leadertelegram.com

> USDA October Cold Storage data showed butter stocks at 237.7 million pounds, down 18.2 percent from September. American cheese stocks fell 4.1 percent to 742.8 million pounds, and total cheese inventory dropped 2.3 percent.

- Date: 2019-12-02 · published 2019-12-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6372-october-cold-storage-report-shows-butter-american-cheese-stocks-slip-market
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower dairy inventories tighten near-term supply and support cheese and butter prices, which can firm milk values for dairy feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-08-01 | [Butter Leads Dairy Market Gains After Bullish Cold Storage Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23899-butter-leads-dairy-market-gains-after-bullish-cold-storage-report.md) | +1.3% | +0.9% |
| MILK | 2020-01-13 | [November Dairy Products report reveals destination of milk output \| Market Columns \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55249-november-dairy-products-report-reveals-destination-of-milk-output-market.md) | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| MILK | 2019-12-09 | [Class III benchmark milk price peaks \| Market Columns \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55732-class-iii-benchmark-milk-price-peaks-market-columns-leadertelegram-com.md) | -0.8% | -12.5% |
| MILK | 2019-09-23 | [U.S. milk production remains just above last year \| Market Columns \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57058-u-s-milk-production-remains-just-above-last-year-market-columns-leadertelegram.md) | +0.1% | +2.0% |
| MILK | 2019-07-05 | [Milk price down slightly from May but still highest since November 2017 \| Dairy \| leadertelegram.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4202-milk-price-down-slightly-from-may-but-still-highest-since-november-2017-dairy.md) | +0.2% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- leadertelegram.com: https://www.leadertelegram.com/country-today/markets/market-columns/october-cold-storage-report-shows-butter-american-cheese-stocks-slip/article_4faf3952-0065-5877-b56c-8f35a91cfed5.html

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