# December 2025 milk class prices mostly lower | Ag Proud

> USDA's FMMO announcement on Dec. 31 showed the December 2025 Class I base price rebounded to $18.21/cwt, up $1.46 from November but $3.22 below December 2024. Class II ($14.41), III ($15.86) and IV ($13.64) prices all declined from November.

- Date: 2025-12-31 · published 2025-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9571-december-2025-milk-class-prices-mostly-lower-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Lower class prices across most uses point to smaller milk checks for producers and softer demand for dairy feed inputs, while the wide Class III-IV gap encourages depooling of higher-priced milk.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-12-31 | 1 | -4.2% | -3.6 | The USDA December 2025 FMMO announcement on Dec. 31 showed the Class III price falling to $15.86 from November, confirming weak cheese-driven pricing and adding to selling pressure on Class III futures on the day. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-12-03 | [November 2025 milk class prices mostly lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4087-november-2025-milk-class-prices-mostly-lower-ag-proud.md) | -6.9% | -11.3% |
| MILK | 2024-01-05 | [December FMMO milk class prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5893-december-fmmo-milk-class-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | -0.5% | +6.6% |
| MILK | 2022-11-29 | [December 2022 Class I base price lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8754-december-2022-class-i-base-price-lower-ag-proud.md) | -2.9% | -2.4% |
| 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 | 2024-01-15 | [December 2023 FMMO uniform prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32130-december-2023-fmmo-uniform-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | +0.4% | +7.0% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/62706-december-2025-milk-class-prices-mostly-lower

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