Milk price changes

Updated 5 May 2026

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

Milk prices mostly stable with a few increases in May

On retail aligned liquid contracts, most buyers on the AHDB league table remained steady to firm compared to the previous month. Only one contributor has lowered its price in May.  Sainsbury’s and Waitrose increased its price by 0.25ppl each whilst Tesco made a positive announcement of 0.12ppl. M&S held steady after making a positive announcement previous month.

Looking to non-aligned liquid contracts, most buyers held for another consecutive month. Crediton Dairy, Muller Direct and Payne’s Dairies held steady for the second consecutive month. Freshways held on to their price for the third consecutive month. Pembrokeshire Creamery was the only one in the category to make a positive announcement of 0.04ppl.

Cheese contracts were largely consistent except for two buyers on the AHDB League table. Leprino and Parkham Farms increased their price by 1.60ppl and 2.00ppl respectively after having held steady last month. Apart from those, Barbers and Belton Cheese have been stable since April. Saputo held their price after a period of five consecutive months of decline. First Milk held after a marginal increase last month. South Caernarfon Creameries and Wensleydale Creamery also made no changes to their price.

Manufacturing contracts were steady to firm during the month. Meadow held for the third consecutive month whilst Pattemores Dairy held for the fourth consecutive month. UK Arla Farmers Manufacturing increased their price by 1.76ppl. This is the second consecutive month of increase in price for them.

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

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