# Milk prices hit yearly low

> USDA data put October Class III milk at $15.16 per hundredweight, down 88 cents from September and $1.75 from a year earlier. U.S. milk production and cow numbers increased, while producer margins fell for a fourth consecutive month and feed costs remained high.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-11T18:11:00.265Z
- Category: report · region United States · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/93833-milk-prices-hit-yearly-low
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Rising milk supplies outpacing demand are pressuring milk prices and producer margins. Continued margin weakness could eventually curb production and feed demand, but the article reports no direct change in feed commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2020-12-28 | [Too much milk pushes prices lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49649-too-much-milk-pushes-prices-lower.md) | -1.8% | +2.7% |
| MILK | 2021-07-29 | [Too much milk drives prices lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46064-too-much-milk-drives-prices-lower.md) | -3.0% | -3.0% |
| MILK | 2026-01-10 | [Milk prices lower again - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21215-milk-prices-lower-again-dairy-star.md) | -0.8% | +2.4% |
| MILK | 2026-01-02 | [Milk Prices Lowered, Dry Products Look Strong](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21220-milk-prices-lowered-dry-products-look-strong.md) | -2.2% | -3.9% |
| MILK | 2023-04-12 | [High production, low demand likely to depress milk prices \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36564-high-production-low-demand-likely-to-depress-milk-prices-capital-press.md) | +0.1% | -11.9% |

## Sources

- bellinghamtribune.com: https://bellinghamtribune.com/article/milk-prices-hit-yearly-low/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.