What do the UK milk price and dairy production series measure?

They measure average farm gate milk prices in pence per litre, milk deliveries, milk composition, and the volume of dairy products manufactured in the UK.

How far back do UK milk price and dairy statistics go?

Monthly UK milk and dairy statistics from Defra and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board go back to 1970 and update every month.

Which dairy product categories are covered in the UK utilisation data?

The data cover volumes of liquid milk, butter, cream, yoghurt, condensed milk, Cheddar, short-life territorial cheese and other cheeses manufactured by UK processors.

What regional milk price series are available for the UK?

Separate monthly farm gate milk prices and rolling averages are published for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with price series categorised by aligned and non-aligned contracts.

UK milk prices and dairy production

Name: UK milk prices and dairy production
Creator: GOV.UK official statistics; Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) — Milk utilisation statistics

Everything the UK statistics system publishes monthly about milk, on one page: the average farm gate price dairy farmers are paid and the volume and composition of milk delivered (Defra), the Great Britain and Northern Ireland all-milk prices with and without aligned contracts (AHDB), and what dairies do with the milk — how much goes into butter, cheese, cream and yoghurt, trade in dairy products and UK self-sufficiency (Defra).

Source: GOV.UK official statistics; Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) — Milk utilisation statisticsLast updated: Sep 28, 2026, 05:13Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Farm gate milk price and deliveries (Defra)5
Farm gate milk price	36.89	35.47	34.89	34.4	34.51	35.13	35.61	37.32	39.55	42.45	45.3	45.58	44.6	43.55	43.23	43.28	43.75	44.87	45.85	45.95	46.47	46.26	45.47	43.48	41.6	40.07	38.93	38.03	38.41	38.82	38.77	38.46	37.96	37.84	37.09	36.44	36.28
Milk delivered to dairies	1,212.2	1,274.37	1,323.08	1,443.44	1,397.85	1,399.64	1,218.07	1,329.4	1,341.95	1,286.08	1,308.42	1,221.97	1,258.4	1,308.03	1,354.67	1,456.15	1,397.17	1,367.77	1,172.15	1,278.5	1,275.53	1,218.06	1,222.47	1,148.91	1,186.66	1,242.97	1,272.16	1,377.9	1,310.13	1,320.83	1,187.2	1,241.36	1,225.76	1,160.14	1,183.8	1,137.07	1,190.63
Weekly average volume delivered	273.72	287.76	308.72	325.94	326.17	316.05	304.52	300.19	303.02	300.08	295.45	285.13	284.16	295.36	316.09	328.81	326.01	308.85	293.04	288.69	288.02	284.21	276.04	268.08	267.96	280.67	296.84	311.14	305.7	298.25	286.57	280.31	276.78	270.7	267.31	265.32	268.85
Butterfat content	4.27	4.17	4.23	4.28	4.39	4.45	4.44	4.45	4.44	4.47	4.43	4.38	4.2	4.15	4.19	4.18	4.28	4.37	4.4	4.4	4.43	4.41	4.4	4.32	4.17	4.13	4.12	4.14	4.27	4.3	4.27	4.33	4.4	4.38	4.3	4.19	4.15
Protein content	3.44	3.38	3.39	3.45	3.5	3.49	3.5	3.53	3.55	3.59	3.59	3.54	3.41	3.36	3.38	3.39	3.41	3.41	3.42	3.42	3.44	3.46	3.47	3.45	3.37	3.35	3.34	3.37	3.4	3.41	3.42	3.45	3.44	3.52	3.5	3.42	3.41
Farm gate milk prices, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (AHDB)3
UK five-year rolling average	40.71	40.62	40.54	40.46	40.39	40.3	40.21	40.12	39.99	39.84	39.64	39.39	39.11	38.84	38.57	38.3	38.03	37.75	37.48	37.2	36.91	36.63	36.35	36.09	35.85	35.63	35.44	35.26	35.09	34.92	34.75	34.59	34.45	34.32	34.22	34.12	34.03
Great Britain5
Great Britain all-milk price			34.65	34.52	34.7	35.64	36.07	37.75	40.25	43.39	46.39	46.46	45.19	43.83	43.24	43.22	43.69	45.07	45.42	45.58	46.14	45.9	45.21	43.24	41.4	40.03	38.96	38.12	38.49	38.99	39.11	38.92	38.23	38.19	37.91	37.42	37.38
Great Britain price excluding aligned contracts			32.87	32.74	32.86	33.77	34.3	36.33	39.26	42.83	46.31	46.5	45.23	43.85	43.22	43.31	43.83	45.33	45.88	46.01	46.56	46.24	45.36	43.22	41.25	39.7	38.5	37.6	37.92	38.16	38.27	38.08	37.31	37.25	37.04	36.61	36.54
Estimated aligned-contract premium			1.78	1.79	1.84	1.87	1.78	1.42	0.99	0.56	0.08	-0.04	-0.03	-0.02	0.01	-0.09	-0.13	-0.25	-0.46	-0.43	-0.42	-0.34	-0.16	0.02	0.14	0.34	0.46	0.52	0.58	0.82	0.83	0.84	0.93	0.94	0.87	0.81	0.84
Great Britain five-year rolling average			40.75	40.67	40.6	40.51	40.41	40.3	40.17	40	39.79	39.52	39.23	38.95	38.69	38.43	38.16	37.9	37.63	37.36	37.09	36.81	36.54	36.29	36.06	35.85	35.67	35.49	35.32	35.16	34.99	34.84	34.69	34.56	34.45	34.35	34.24
Great Britain non-aligned five-year rolling average			40.35	40.29	40.24	40.17	40.09	40.01	39.89	39.73	39.52	39.24	38.94	38.65	38.38	38.1	37.82	37.54	37.26	36.97	36.68	36.39	36.11	35.84	35.6	35.39	35.2	35.02	34.85	34.69	34.53	34.38	34.24	34.12	34.03	33.94	33.84
Northern Ireland2
Northern Ireland all-milk price			35.9	33.89	33.7	32.96	33.64	35.41	36.3	37.8	39.56	41	41.81	42.31	43.17	43.54	44.01	43.98	47.68	47.54	47.99	48.03	46.86	44.71	42.58	40.26	38.81	37.62	38.03	38.05	37.19	36.29	36.58	35.96	32.53	31.04	30.65
Northern Ireland five-year rolling average			39.5	39.41	39.35	39.3	39.26	39.2	39.1	39.02	38.91	38.74	38.51	38.26	37.99	37.7	37.38	37.06	36.75	36.41	36.06	35.74	35.42	35.1	34.8	34.52	34.29	34.08	33.9	33.72	33.53	33.37	33.24	33.12	33.03	32.99	32.96
Milk utilisation and dairy production (Defra)7
Raw milk supply5
Milk sold by farmers to UK dairies		1,276.82	1,325.66	1,443.44	1,397.85	1,399.64	1,218.07	1,329.4	1,341.95	1,286.08	1,308.42	1,221.97	1,258.4	1,308.03	1,354.67	1,456.15	1,397.17	1,367.77	1,172.15	1,278.5	1,275.53	1,218.06	1,222.47	1,148.91	1,186.66	1,242.97	1,272.16	1,377.9	1,310.13	1,320.83	1,187.2	1,241.36	1,225.76	1,160.14	1,183.8	1,137.07	1,190.63
Raw milk exports		57.99	81.69	73.21	60.29	74.17	75.27	87.95	76.98	71.3	59.94	58.16	51.56	57.99	81.69	73.21	60.29	74.17	75.27	87.95	76.98	71.3	59.94	58.16	51.56	57.99	81.69	73.21	60.29	74.17	75.27	87.95	99.89	66.05	42.56	57.36	51.84
Raw milk imports		10.17	12.55	13.35	8.33	9.39	6.16	5.9	7.97	6.7	2.6	18.14	6.31	10.17	12.55	13.35	8.33	9.39	6.16	5.9	7.97	6.7	2.6	18.14	6.31	10.17	12.55	13.35	8.33	9.39	6.16	5.9	5.36	4.06	7.32	5.1	5.34
Raw milk available for processing		1,229	1,256.52	1,383.58	1,345.9	1,334.86	1,148.96	1,247.35	1,272.94	1,221.47	1,251.08	1,181.95	1,213.16	1,260.21	1,285.53	1,396.28	1,345.22	1,302.99	1,103.04	1,196.45	1,206.52	1,153.46	1,165.13	1,108.88	1,141.42	1,195.15	1,203.02	1,318.03	1,258.18	1,256.05	1,118.09	1,159.31	1,131.23	1,098.15	1,148.57	1,084.82	1,144.14
Cream used for butter making		28.76	34.98	40.56	42.53	40.59	31.49	36.9	29.96	30.84	30.1	28.8	30.84	31.68	39.32	39.21	44.93	37.65	31.39	33.97	28.74	31.15	30.1	26.73	28.48	28.24	32.35	34.93	37.95	37.77	30.61	35.98	28.26	31.48	26.45	29.12	28.91
Milk used by dairies, by product13
Liquid milk		486.95	480.82	513.43	507.47	530.47	449.85	521.08	492.53	463.5	489.36	496.86	485.74	496.18	522.39	530.74	545.15	524.33	471.93	516.05	502.29	500.98	513.29	496.02	499.38	506.66	509.6	531.88	514.02	492.27	461.15	514.8	500.39	499.05	510.71	476.3	473.16
All cheese		386.73	403.01	431.07	435.05	407.59	358.41	410.55	388.52	375.51	389.33	369.21	388.12	406.75	418.49	426.9	453.64	405.17	357.14	404.93	380.66	345.75	373.72	345.1	364.2	394.75	391.52	431.96	413.82	393.68	374.01	390.77	391.73	369.49	385.69	368.28	419.84
Cheddar		264.96	283.27	303.65	313.76	286.93	247.85	297.1	278.18	265.45	274	245.38	268.54	287.65	293.72	308.74	327.2	284.91	246.1	292.51	269.62	244.36	263.99	228.18	259.28	279.12	274.03	310.34	304.27	280.19	275.73	287.74	282.94	266.86	289.46	262.74	308.66
Other long-life territorial cheese		22.49	22.53	24.58	24.36	20.78	19.92	24.98	22	17.61	21.2	23.79	20.75	22.96	19.58	27.22	27.52	28.41	24.71	24.46	21.39	19.45	21.77	19.79	21.08	23.96	22.36	29.59	25.52	22.97	19.16	20.71	23.78	20.24	25.98	22.04	26.8
Short-life territorial cheese		4.59	4.78	5.69	4.97	6.1	3.7	5.25	6.28	8.84	6.84	7.18	8.22	9.08	8.03	5.39	5.28	5.79	6.07	5.27	4.62	5.29	6.88	4.36	6.52	6.62	4.16	3.48	2.31	2.84	5.52	5.45	4.95	5.74	4.18	4.67	4.54
Blue vein cheese		6.54	6.33	7.26	8.07	7.17	5.94	4.63	5.75	5.28	7.22	7.1	6.44	5.94	7.71	8.52	9.69	7.13	6.6	6.77	6.34	6.56	9.89	8.75	7.64	8.06	10.23	11.19	11.21	9.36	7.02	7.37	6.69	6.47	10.16	9.37	7.69
Other cheese		88.13	86.1	89.88	83.89	86.61	81.01	78.58	76.31	78.33	80.07	85.76	84.17	81.12	89.45	77.04	83.94	78.94	73.65	75.9	78.69	70.08	71.2	84.02	69.69	76.99	80.74	77.37	70.51	78.32	66.59	69.5	73.37	70.18	55.91	69.46	72.15
Cream		37.95	30.7	33.55	34.84	36.17	37.09	36.66	40.37	34.24	37.4	35.64	41.63	37.81	33.87	36.41	37.77	35.26	32.15	34.68	37.54	32.72	33.11	32.54	38.61	36.94	34.17	33.85	35.87	31.99	29.45	32.1	36.26	32.34	30.05	31.17	30.09
Yoghurt		53.01	51.02	52.96	40.77	51.88	62.47	46.88	44.96	37.49	41.39	38.02	42.72	42.86	40.41	51	49.66	52.53	38.68	42.61	37.49	40.24	36.92	36.64	36.54	37.89	33.69	43.6	34.04	32.8	29.05	30.06	28.54	25.32	31.59	30.82	30.78
Condensed milk		30.02	31.06	31.61	29.01	30.61	25.92	19	19.44	23.28	25.6	28.54	29.28	25.23	30.12	38.8	34.1	28.66	23.78	22.49	24.75	27.92	26.4	26.34	27.76	29.1	26.45	34.07	27.29	31.41	27.16	24.18	24.37	25.49	24.4	28.68	34.6
Other products (including milk powders from October 2020)		167.98	208.41	209.16	190.14	200.55	129.21	126.41	178.31	152.2	142.88	153.09	156.59	177	202.42	197.83	194.64	193.83	126.79	111.36	165.91	120.96	105.06	122.01	124.2	136.24	167.16	177.37	171.92	153.28	105.97	97.51	99.29	92.41	90.75	102.55	92.46
All manufacturing		704.44	759.2	798.91	772.33	767.39	644.58	676.39	701.56	653.56	666.71	653.3	689.18	721.33	764.64	790.14	814.75	753.1	609.94	650.04	675.09	598.72	605.31	589.37	619.79	663.16	685.34	755.79	720.89	680.94	596.25	610.6	608.45	576.54	588.93	590.61	636.67
Sub-sales, stock change and wastage		37.61	16.5	71.24	66.1	37	54.52	49.88	78.85	104.41	95.01	31.8	38.23	42.69	-1.5	75.4	-14.68	25.57	21.17	30.36	29.14	53.75	46.53	23.49	22.25	25.33	8.08	30.37	23.27	82.84	60.69	33.91	22.4	22.57	48.93	17.9	34.31
Dairy production, by product9
All cheese		41.38	43.07	46.06	46.46	43.55	38.25	43.84	41.5	40.2	41.68	39.55	41.55	43.57	44.72	45.6	48.46	43.3	38.19	43.22	40.51	36.9	39.94	36.78	38.91	42.14	41.67	46.01	44.01	41.82	39.8	41.63	41.62	39.35	41.13	39.24	44.73
Cheddar		27.89	29.82	31.96	33.03	30.2	26.09	31.27	29.28	27.94	28.84	25.83	28.27	30.28	30.92	32.5	34.44	29.99	25.91	30.79	28.38	25.72	27.79	24.02	27.29	29.38	28.85	32.67	32.03	29.49	29.02	30.29	29.78	28.09	30.47	27.66	32.49
Other long-life territorial cheese		2.46	2.46	2.69	2.66	2.27	2.18	2.73	2.4	1.92	2.32	2.6	2.27	2.51	2.14	2.97	3.01	3.1	2.7	2.67	2.34	2.13	2.38	2.16	2.3	2.62	2.44	3.23	2.79	2.51	2.09	2.26	2.6	2.21	2.84	2.41	2.93
Short-life territorial cheese		0.57	0.59	0.7	0.61	0.75	0.46	0.65	0.78	1.09	0.84	0.89	1.02	1.12	0.99	0.67	0.65	0.72	0.75	0.65	0.57	0.65	0.85	0.54	0.81	0.82	0.51	0.43	0.29	0.35	0.68	0.67	0.61	0.71	0.52	0.58	0.56
Blue vein cheese		0.72	0.7	0.8	0.89	0.79	0.65	0.51	0.63	0.58	0.79	0.78	0.71	0.65	0.85	0.94	1.06	0.78	0.73	0.74	0.7	0.72	1.09	0.96	0.84	0.89	1.12	1.23	1.23	1.03	0.77	0.81	0.74	0.71	1.12	1.03	0.85
Other cheese		9.74	9.5	9.91	9.27	9.54	8.88	8.68	8.41	8.66	8.88	9.45	9.29	9.01	9.82	8.52	9.3	8.71	8.11	8.37	8.52	7.67	7.84	9.1	7.67	8.44	8.75	8.45	7.68	8.44	7.23	7.6	7.89	7.63	6.19	7.57	7.91
Yoghurt		48.19	46.38	48.15	37.06	47.16	56.79	42.62	40.87	34.09	37.63	34.57	38.84	38.97	36.74	46.36	45.14	47.75	35.17	38.73	34.08	36.58	33.57	33.31	33.22	34.44	30.62	39.64	30.94	29.82	26.41	27.32	25.94	23.02	28.72	28.02	27.98
Condensed milk		11.12	11.51	11.71	10.74	11.34	9.6	7.04	7.2	8.62	9.48	10.57	10.84	9.35	11.16	14.37	12.63	10.62	8.81	8.33	9.17	10.34	9.78	9.76	10.28	10.78	9.8	12.62	10.11	11.63	10.06	8.96	9.02	9.44	9.04	10.62	12.81
Butter		14.1	17.15	19.88	20.85	19.9	15.44	18.09	14.59	15.03	14.66	14.03	15.03	15.44	19.24	19.19	22.02	18.46	15.39	16.65	14.09	15.27	14.75	13.1	13.96	13.84	15.86	17.12	18.61	18.52	15.01	17.63	13.85	15.43	12.97	14.27	14.17
Dairy imports, by product6
All cheese			41.48	40.65	42.97	40.1	35.93	38.65	38.8	42.97	37.85	40.55	36.7	42.69	39.91	42.38	38.61	38.72	34.34	38.14	36.03	38.42	37.74	37.69	40.62	40.27	40.48	39.54	39.26	33.3	34.66	33.34	33.42	37.24	37.37	35.24	37.11
Cream			1.91	1.44	2.36	1.44	1.41	1.6	1.39	3.84	3.73	5.25	4.95	4.16	1.53	1.35	4.04	1.51	1.69	1.97	2.34	4.09	4.02	3.76	3.53	3.14	2.57	2.37	1.83	2.1	2.53	2.08	2.31	3.08	3.35	2.94	1.18
Yoghurt			23.25	23.01	21.03	22.79	19.77	20.12	18.04	19.27	20.4	19.71	20.07	22.01	19.16	20.01	19.3	19.7	15.98	16.8	16.25	18.1	21.51	19.5	18.05	19.1	19.77	17.07	20.04	17.27	19.8	19.56	12.01	10.19	15.68	10.12	10.78
Condensed milk			4.67	4.65	4.59	4.43	4.11	4.63	4.4	5.87	5.54	5.29	4.98	6	4.24	5.09	4.01	4.23	4.4	4.61	4.52	5.01	4.59	4.6	4	4.61	4.56	3.86	4.95	3.25	4.43	5.07	4.42	4.77	4.31	3.84	5.28
Butter			4.67	4.55	5.64	4.83	4.39	4.72	4.96	4.63	4.69	4.18	3.83	4.34	5.63	5.08	6.2	4.94	5.71	5.34	5.42	5.96	6.05	5.31	6.27	4.66	5.17	5	5.77	5	4.39	4.6	4.59	5.12	5.31	6.05	5.87
Milk powders			2.99	2.55	3.83	3.26	2.22	3.52	2.09	1.95	2.31	1.85	1.33	1.73	4.53	2.47	2.56	2.25	2.09	2.3	2.25	2.27	2.32	2.13	2.29	2.74	2.68	2.67	2.02	1.51	1.89	2.16	1.57	2.14	1.78	2.38	2.63
Dairy exports, by product6
All cheese			20.51	21.93	17.95	17.94	19.26	18.69	19.2	18.87	17.5	17.38	16.91	16.06	15.73	17.93	18.75	17.33	14.85	16.19	15.07	14.5	17.33	15.85	16.17	16.85	16.92	15.86	16.87	17.99	15.48	18.25	15.94	18.94	14.79	15.29	15.36
Cream			2.79	2.88	3.69	4.07	3.31	2.91	4.18	8.68	4.15	2.77	3.18	3.77	4.22	4.6	3.5	4.52	2.63	3.68	2.9	3.74	4.18	2.35	2.99	2.69	3.78	5.91	3.43	2.39	2.97	1.67	1.76	3.15	3.22	2.94	1.2
Yoghurt			0.88	1.13	1.11	1.15	1.21	1.14	1.06	0.98	1.07	0.96	0.81	0.8	0.79	0.78	0.78	0.59	0.67	0.59	0.54	0.62	0.66	0.71	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.54	0.48	0.38	0.38	0.46	0.33	0.3	0.39	0.43	0.59
Condensed milk			6.53	8.42	8.11	3.36	4.72	4.32	5.85	5.22	3.49	4.26	3.13	3.68	3.8	7.07	5.1	4.33	3.16	3.13	5	4.38	3.3	1.86	1.47	0.94	3.28	5.18	5.62	2.48	2.07	2.82	3.79	2.8	3.57	2.65	0.56
Butter			3.96	4.6	3.9	5.32	5.07	4.25	3.86	5.58	4.51	3.46	3.39	4.48	4.33	5.2	3.5	5.05	3	3.34	2.91	2.93	4.9	4.15	3.32	2.95	4.6	4.52	3.96	3.03	2.81	3.35	2.88	3.85	3.65	3.23	3.91
Milk powders			8.76	11.2	8.6	12.12	10.03	6.35	8.64	9.25	8.46	8.44	8.43	8.45	8.48	9.08	8.72	7.34	4.53	4.78	4.99	4.45	4.54	4.65	6.27	6.9	7.14	5.66	5.33	4.32	4.81	5.47	6.12	7.83	6.62	10.49	8.71
UK supplies (production plus imports minus exports), by product5
All cheese			64.04	64.78	71.48	65.72	54.92	63.81	61.1	64.29	62.02	62.72	61.34	70.2	68.89	70.05	68.32	64.69	57.69	65.17	61.47	60.82	60.34	58.62	63.36	65.56	65.23	69.69	66.4	57.14	58.98	56.71	59.1	57.65	63.71	59.19	66.48
Cream			29.83	32.11	33.51	33.54	35.2	35.35	37.58	29.4	36.99	38.12	43.4	38.2	31.18	33.16	38.31	32.25	31.22	32.98	36.98	33.07	32.95	33.95	39.16	37.38	32.96	30.31	34.27	31.7	29.01	32.51	36.81	32.28	30.18	31.16	30.08
Yoghurt			68.75	70.03	56.98	68.8	75.35	61.59	57.86	52.38	56.96	53.32	58.1	60.18	55.1	65.59	63.66	66.87	50.48	54.94	49.79	54.05	54.41	52.1	50.62	52.87	49.72	56.17	50.5	46.71	45.83	46.43	37.63	32.91	44.01	37.71	38.17
Condensed milk			9.65	7.94	7.22	12.41	8.99	7.34	5.75	9.27	11.53	11.6	12.69	11.67	11.6	12.39	11.54	10.52	10.04	9.8	8.69	10.97	11.06	12.5	12.81	14.45	11.07	11.3	9.43	12.4	12.42	11.21	9.65	11.41	9.77	11.81	17.53
Butter			17.86	19.84	22.58	19.41	14.75	18.57	15.7	14.08	14.84	14.75	15.47	15.29	20.54	19.06	24.72	18.35	18.09	18.65	16.6	18.3	15.9	14.26	16.91	15.55	16.44	17.6	20.41	20.49	16.59	18.88	15.56	16.7	14.62	17.09	16.13
UK production as a share of supplies, by product5
All cheese			67.26	71.1	65	66.27	69.65	68.71	67.92	62.53	67.2	63.05	67.73	62.07	64.91	65.09	70.93	66.94	66.21	66.33	65.9	60.66	66.19	62.75	61.41	64.28	63.88	66.02	66.28	73.2	67.48	73.41	70.42	68.25	64.56	66.3	67.29
Cream			102.94	104.49	103.96	107.84	105.38	103.71	107.43	116.47	101.11	93.48	95.92	98.98	108.63	109.78	98.59	109.32	103	105.17	101.5	98.93	100.48	95.85	98.61	98.81	103.67	111.7	104.65	100.92	101.51	98.74	98.5	100.21	99.59	100.01	100.06
Yoghurt			67.47	68.75	65.05	68.54	75.37	69.19	70.64	65.08	66.07	64.83	66.84	64.75	66.67	70.68	70.91	71.41	69.67	70.5	68.45	67.67	61.69	63.94	65.63	65.14	61.59	70.56	61.27	63.84	57.62	58.86	68.95	69.94	65.25	74.3	73.3
Condensed milk			119.22	147.47	148.87	91.38	106.76	95.81	125.1	93.03	82.2	91.15	85.42	80.07	96.19	115.98	109.43	100.94	87.7	84.98	105.49	94.29	88.37	78.03	80.25	74.59	88.46	111.68	107.16	93.78	80.97	79.91	93.48	82.78	92.44	89.93	73.08
Butter			96.02	100.24	92.32	102.52	104.67	97.44	92.97	106.75	98.83	95.11	97.17	100.98	93.66	100.64	89.09	100.58	85.04	89.28	84.88	83.43	92.78	91.89	82.55	89.01	96.48	97.29	91.14	90.39	90.48	93.42	89	92.4	88.68	83.52	87.83

Latest reading

Farm gate milk price stood at 36.89 Pence per litre in Aug 2026. That is +4.0% from Jul 2026 and −17.3% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1970 to Aug 2026. Source: GOV.UK official statistics; Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) — Milk utilisation statistics.

Latest: 36.89 Pence per litre; Aug 2026
vs previous period: +4.0%; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: −17.3%

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Frequently asked questions

What do the UK milk price and dairy production series measure?: They measure average farm gate milk prices in pence per litre, milk deliveries, milk composition, and the volume of dairy products manufactured in the UK.
How far back do UK milk price and dairy statistics go?: Monthly UK milk and dairy statistics from Defra and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board go back to 1970 and update every month.
Which dairy product categories are covered in the UK utilisation data?: The data cover volumes of liquid milk, butter, cream, yoghurt, condensed milk, Cheddar, short-life territorial cheese and other cheeses manufactured by UK processors.
What regional milk price series are available for the UK?: Separate monthly farm gate milk prices and rolling averages are published for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with price series categorised by aligned and non-aligned contracts.