# Mielke: Milk prices slowly climbing | TheFencePost.com

> USDA announced the April Federal order Class III milk price at $14.47 per cwt, up 25 cents from March but 75 cents below April 2017. Class IV rose to $13.48 and California's Class 4b price was $14.27. Class III futures pointed to a May price near $15.11 and higher prices through the summer.

- Date: 2018-05-11 · published 2018-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65156-mielke-milk-prices-slowly-climbing-thefencepost-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Class III and IV prices improve dairy margins and may support herd sizes and dairy feed demand. Futures curve strength points to firmer milk prices into the summer.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2017-03-10 | [Mielke: Class III milk prices increase \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72153-mielke-class-iii-milk-prices-increase-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.9% | -4.3% |
| MILK | 2016-12-15 | [Mielke: Milk Prices split, cheese prices mostly down \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73620-mielke-milk-prices-split-cheese-prices-mostly-down-thefencepost-com.md) | +0.3% | -2.6% |
| MILK | 2023-09-08 | [Milk price jumps $3.42 \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34256-milk-price-jumps-3-42-thefencepost-com.md) | -1.0% | -9.3% |
| MILK | 2019-09-13 | [Milk price highest in 5 years \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57230-milk-price-highest-in-5-years-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.3% | +1.8% |
| MILK | 2018-06-08 | [Mielke: June Dairy Month not too happy \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64656-mielke-june-dairy-month-not-too-happy-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.4% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- thefencepost.com: https://www.thefencepost.com/news/mielke-milk-prices-slowly-climbing/

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