# Class III Milk price for October announced

> The Class III milk price for October was announced at $15.16 per hundredweight, down 88 cents from September and $1.75 below a year earlier. The 2026 year-to-date Class III average is $15.87 per cwt versus $18.01 for all of 2025.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-05T18:07:21.133Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/82069-class-iii-milk-price-for-october-announced
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A lower Class III price signals softer US cheese-driven milk values, reducing feed-buying power on dairy farms. The price decline points to weaker dairy demand relative to supply.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-10-31 | [October FMMO milk class prices dip \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4677-october-fmmo-milk-class-prices-dip-ag-proud.md) | -1.6% | -2.0% |
| MILK | 2025-03-06 | [February 2025 Class II, III and IV milk prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4704-february-2025-class-ii-iii-and-iv-milk-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | +1.8% | -6.1% |
| MILK | 2024-12-05 | [November FMMO milk class prices mixed \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27109-november-fmmo-milk-class-prices-mixed-ag-proud.md) | -0.8% | +7.7% |
| MILK | 2020-09-03 | [August Class III milk price falls - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51263-august-class-iii-milk-price-falls-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | -0.7% | +20.3% |
| MILK | 2025-07-31 | [Class III milk price stumbles, Class IV climbs in July \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23896-class-iii-milk-price-stumbles-class-iv-climbs-in-july-ag-proud.md) | +1.6% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- wglr.com: https://www.wglr.com/2026/11/05/class-iii-milk-price-for-october-announced/

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