Oct 23, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
Send us Fan Mail Today we start with a report on the November Class I uniform price going above $20 for the first time since July. We also learn…
Starting off in dairy, Federal Milk Marketing Order Advanced Class 1 base price in November was bumped up $1.39 a hundredweight from October for a price of $20.27 per hundredweight.
marks the first monthly price above $20 since July's $21.33 per hundredweight, and is $3.52 a hundredweight above the Class 1 base price in November of last year.
As you guys know, Class 1 zone differentials are added to the base price principal pricing points to determine the actual Class 1 price in each federal marketing order.
With those additions, November's Class 1 base price should average $24.39 a hundredweight across all orders.
The lowest price likely noticed in the Arizona order at $22.87 a hundredweight.
November Class 1 base skim milk price improved to $16.03 a hundredweight, which is up $1.91 a hundredweight from last month.
The spread in the monthly advanced Class 3 skim milk pricing factor and the advanced Class 4 skim milk pricing factor grew to its largest to date in 2026 at $5.65.
The last time the gap was wider was in December 2020 when the Advanced Class III for skim milk price difference was $11.86, as the Advanced Class III skim milk pricing factor was $20.07 a hundredweight, and the Class IV skim milk pricing factor was $8.21 a hundredweight.
November's difference puts Class IV as the higher of for the Class I mover in the milk pricing formula.
Advanced butterfat pricing factor stumbled 13 cents to $1.37 per pound in November.
Starting off in dairy, Federal Milk Marketing Order Advanced Class 1 base price in November was bumped up $1.39 a hundredweight from October for a price of $20.27 per hundredweight.
marks the first monthly price above $20 since July's $21.33 per hundredweight, and is $3.52 a hundredweight above the Class 1 base price in November of last year.
As you guys know, Class 1 zone differentials are added to the base price principal pricing points to determine the actual Class 1 price in each federal marketing order.
With those additions, November's Class 1 base price should average $24.39 a hundredweight across all orders.
The lowest price likely noticed in the Arizona order at $22.87 a hundredweight.
November Class 1 base skim milk price improved to $16.03 a hundredweight, which is up $1.91 a hundredweight from last month.
The spread in the monthly advanced Class 3 skim milk pricing factor and the advanced Class 4 skim milk pricing factor grew to its largest to date in 2026 at $5.65.
The last time the gap was wider was in December 2020 when the Advanced Class III for skim milk price difference was $11.86, as the Advanced Class III skim milk pricing factor was $20.07 a hundredweight, and the Class IV skim milk pricing factor was $8.21 a hundredweight.
November's difference puts Class IV as the higher of for the Class I mover in the milk pricing formula.
Advanced butterfat pricing factor stumbled 13 cents to $1.37 per pound in November.
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