California’s June Class 4b cheese milk price is $14.43 per hundredweight, down 47 cents from May and $1.17 below a year ago. The 4b’s six-month average stands at $14.05, down from $15.12 a year ago and compares to $12.75 in 2016.
The Class 4a butter-powder price is $14.22, up 16 cents from May, $1.69 below a year ago, but the highest 4a price since October 2017. The 4a average for the year now stands at $13.37, down from $14.85 a year ago and $12.92 in 2016.
Comparable Federal order prices will be announced by the USDA on Thursday.
