Milk price changes

Updated 04 March 2026

The latest publicly announced milk price changes as reported by the processors.

There were further declines for some, while most contracts held steady for March.

Aligned liquid contracts

Aligned liquid contracts remained steady with the exception of Sainsbury’s which made a price reduction announcement of 0.05ppl, counteracting the positive movement of 0.04ppl made for February. Muller Co-op Dairy Group, M&S and Tesco made no change to their price in March.

Non-aligned liquid contracts

On non-aligned liquid contracts, all the buyers on the AHDB league table announced another month of price declines apart from Freshways, which held steady after four months of consecutive declines, probably as a result of weakness in the cream market. Muller Direct and Payne’s Dairies made a price reduction of 1ppl each.

Crediton Dairy and Pembrokeshire Creamery made further cuts, reducing their price by 2ppl and 1.34ppl, respectively.

Cheese contracts

A few cheese contracts saw further reductions, likely as a result of high milk volumes ahead of the flush. Barbers, Saputo and Wensleydale Creamery reduced by 1.90ppl,1.50ppl and 1.29ppl, respectively. Belton Cheese announced the largest price decrease of 3ppl, to mark the fifth month of consecutive price decline. Leprino increased their price by 0.40ppl, on the grounds that producers use soya free feed. First Milk, Lactalis, South Caernarfon Creameries and Wyke Farms held for the month of March.

Manufacturing contracts

Announcements on manufacturing contracts were mostly stable, with the exception of Dale Farm GB which reduced the March price by a further 0.25ppl. Meadow, Pattesmores and UK Arla Farmers Manufacturing made no change to their price.

The milk price changes may not be fully reflected in the AHDB League Table.

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