California’s Class III Volume Is 990 Million Pounds, Highest Level Since June 2019 Washington—Class III volume on the seven federal milk marketing orders that pay dairy farmers a producer price differential (PPD) totaled 5.16 billion pounds in November, up 2.5 billion pounds from October and up 3.9 billion pounds from November 2020, according to the November statistical uniform price announcements for those orders.
That’s the highest monthly Class III volume for those seven orders since August 2019, when it totaled 5.4 billion pounds. Since then, Class III volume on the seven orders has only been above 4.0 billion pounds six times, including four months in 2020 (January, March, April and May) and two months in 2021 (August and September).
By contrast, Class III volume on those seven orders was under 2.0 billion pounds during each of the first five months of this year.
In November, for the first time since September, all seven orders reported positive PPDs, ranging from 18 cents per hundredweight on the Upper Midwest order to $1.51 per hundred on the Northeast order.
On the California federal order in November, the statistical uniform price was $18.76 per hundredweight and the PPD was 73 cents per hundred.
Class III volume on the California order in November totaled 990.4 million pounds, up 887 million pounds from October and up 976 million pounds from November 2020.
That’s the largest volume of milk pooled in Class III on the California order this year, topping the previous high of 814 million pounds in August; and it’s the largest volume of Class III milk on the order since June 2019, when it totaled 1.38 billion pounds.
Class III volume on the California order last year peaked at 416 million pounds in January, and was under 100 million pounds every month after that. In 2021, Class III volume on the California order was under 100 million pounds in each of the first seven months, reached 814 million pounds in August, then fell to 212 million pounds in September and 103 million pounds in October.
California’s Class III utilization in November was 47.7 percent, up from 5.4 percent in October and just 0.75 percent in November 2020.
That’s the highest Class III utilization on the California order since June 2020, when it was 58.0 percent.
In November, a total of 2.08 billion pounds of milk was pooled on the California order, up 181 million pounds from October, up 233 million pounds from November 2020 and the first time the volume of milk pooled on the California order topped 2 million pounds since August.
Class IV volume on the California order in November totaled 538.8 million pounds, down 725 million pounds from October and down 699 million pounds from November 2020. That’s the lowest volume of milk pooled in Class IV on
the California order since June 2019, when it totaled 486 million
pounds. That was also the last time until November 2021 that Class IV
volume on the California order was under 1 billion pounds.
Class
IV utilization on the California order was 26.0 percent, down from 66.7
percent in October and 69.6 percent in November 2020.
On
the Upper Midwest order in November, the statistical uniform price was
$18.21 per hundredweight and the PPD was 18 cents per hundred.
Class
III volume on the Upper Midwest order in November totaled 1.6 billion
pounds, up 701 million pounds from October and up 1.28 billion pounds
from November 2020. That’s the highest Class III volume on the order
since September, when it totaled 1.87 billion pounds.
November
Class III utilization on the Upper Midwest order was 83.9 percent, up
from 63.1 percent in October and up from 37.2 percent in November 2020.
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total of 1.92 billion pounds of milk was pooled on the Upper Midwest
order in November, up 476 million pounds from October and up 1.03
billion pounds from November 2020.
On the Southwest order, the statistical uniform price was $19.06 per hundredweight and the PPD was $1.03 per hundred.
Class
III volume on the Southwest order in November totaled 597.6 million
pounds, up 563 million pounds from October, up 592 million pounds from
November 2020 and the highest Class III volume on the order since March
2019, when it totaled 747 million pounds.
Class
III utilization on the Southwest order was 55.0 percent, up from 3.8
percent in October and 2.35 percent in November 2020. That’s the first
time Class III utilization on this order has been above 50 percent since
March 2019, when it was 58.3 percent.
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total of 1.09 billion pounds of milk was pooled on the Southwest order,
up 184 million pounds from October and up 177 million pounds from
November 2020.
That’s the largest volume of milk pooled on the Southwest order since January 2020, when it totaled 1.31 billion pounds.
On
the Central federal order in November, the statistical uniform price
was $18.25 per hundredweight and the PPD was 22 cents per hundred.
Class
III volume on the Central order in November totaled 517 million pounds,
up 269 million pounds from October and up 487 million pounds from
November 2020. That’s the highest Class III volume on the Central order
since May 2020, when it totaled 548 million pounds.
Class
III utilization on the Central order in November was 45.3 percent, up
from 23.6 percent in October and up from 3.4 percent in November 2020.
That’s the highest Class III utilization on the Central order since June
2019, when it was 52.2 percent.
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total of 1.14 billion pounds of milk was pooled on the Central order in
November, up 91 million pounds from October and up 260 million pounds
from November 2020.
On
the Mideast federal order in November, the statistical uniform price
was $18.53 per hundredweight and the PPD was 50 cents per hundred.
Class
III volume on the Mideast order in November totaled 678.4 million
pounds, up 93.4 million pounds from October and up 585 million pounds
from November 2020. Class III utilization was 40.6 percent, up from 36.3
percent in October and 7.45 percent on November 2020.
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total of 1.7 billion pounds of milk was pooled on the Mideast order in
November, up 54 million pounds from October and up 420 million pounds
from November 2020.
On
the Northeast federal order in November, the statistical uniform price
was $19.54 per hundredweight and the PPD was $1.51 per hundred.
Class
III volume on the Northeast order in November totaled 597.4 million
pounds, down 14 million pounds from October but up 17 million pounds
from November 2020. Class III utilization was 27.7 percent, up from 27.3
percent in October and up from 26.5 percent in November 2020.
In
November, a total of 2.16 billion pounds of milk was pooled on the
Northeast order, down 80 million pounds from October and down 29 million
pounds from November 2020.
On the Pacific Northwest order, the statistical uniform price was $18.38 per hundredweight and the PPD was 35 cents per hundred.
Class
III volume on the Pacific Northwest order totaled 170.3 million pounds,
down 4 million pounds from October and down 2 million pounds from
November 2020. Class III utilization was 31.0 percent, up from 30.0
percent in October and up from 28.6 percent in November 2020.
In
November, a total of 549.4 million pounds of milk was pooled on the
Pacific Northwest federal order, down 28.5 million pounds from October
and down 37 million pounds from November 2020.