Fresh whole milk, fortified, sold per gallon regardless of packaging type. Includes organic and non-organic milk."

How much is a gallon of milk? In 2024, the average retail price of whole fortified milk in the United States was *** U.S. dollars, which was a decrease from the previous year. Milk production Dairy farming is an agricultural business which is engaged in the long-term milk production within the dairy industry. Dairy farming is a large contributor to the overall economy in many states. California, Wisconsin, and Idaho had the highest milk supply in 2022. Continuing the trend of each year breaking the record for milk production, an estimated ***** billion pounds of milk were produced in 2023. Milk consumption Since 2011, there has been a steady decline in milk consumption in the United States, with just **** liters consumed per capita compared to **** in 2011. This could be explained by consumers’ increasing shift towards plant-based dairy alternatives. In 2019, ** percent of consumers consumed soy products at least once a week, up from ** percent in 2010.

Fresh whole milk, fortified, sold per gallon regardless of packaging type. Includes organic and non-organic milk."

In 2024, the average price of milk was *** U.S. dollars per gallon. Milk alternatives were priced **** U.S. dollars. The difference between the price of meat and its alternatives in the U.S. retail market amounted to about *** U.S.dollars per pound.

Milk rose to 17.57 USD/CWT on September 26, 2025, up 0.11% from the previous day. Over the past month, Milk's price has risen 1.09%, but it is still 24.59% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Milk - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on September of 2025.

United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Whole, Fortified (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the Northeast Census Region - Urban was 4.42000 Index in October of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Whole, Fortified (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the Northeast Census Region - Urban reached a record high of 4.66900 in May of 2022 and a record low of 2.45000 in July of 1995. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Whole, Fortified (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the Northeast Census Region - Urban - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

Monthly average retail prices for selected products, for Canada and provinces. Prices are presented for the current month and the previous four months. Prices are based on transaction data from Canadian retailers, and are presented in Canadian current dollars.

United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Low-Fat, Reduced Fat, Skim (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the Northeast Census Region - Urban was 3.81300 Index in September of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Low-Fat, Reduced Fat, Skim (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the Northeast Census Region - Urban reached a record high of 4.10500 in November of 2022 and a record low of 3.02300 in August of 2018. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Low-Fat, Reduced Fat, Skim (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the Northeast Census Region - Urban - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

This statistic shows the average retail price for * liters of partly skimmed milk in Canada from January 2016 to February 2022. The retail price stayed fairly constant for most of 2021, at around *** Canadian dollars, but jumped up to *** Canadian dollars in February 2022.

United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Low-Fat, Reduced Fat, Skim (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the South Census Region - Urban was 3.57700 Index in May of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Low-Fat, Reduced Fat, Skim (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the South Census Region - Urban reached a record high of 3.99000 in May of 2022 and a record low of 2.64900 in July of 2018. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Average Price: Milk, Fresh, Low-Fat, Reduced Fat, Skim (Cost per Gallon/3.8 Liters) in the South Census Region - Urban - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

The United States produced about ***** billion pounds of milk for human consumption in 2024. In 2000, this figure amounted to around ***** billion pounds. The volume of cow milk produced worldwide has risen steadily over the last several years. U.S. milk market While milk production has seen an increase over the last several years, milk retail sales have been dropping. The retail price of milk has been fluctuating for the past several years and peaked in 2022 at **** U.S. dollars per gallon. Leading U.S. milk brands Among the dairy brands in the U.S., private label milk has a higher level of sales than any name brand whole milk. Among name brands of whole milk, Hood generated the most dollar sales, at over *** million U.S. dollars in 2022. In the flavored milk category, the leading name brand was TruMoo, which sold nearly ** million units in 2018. However, private label flavored milk sold many more units than even the leading name brand.

In 2024, egg substitutes saw their dollar sales value grow by *** percent in the U.S. market. In the 52 weeks ending December 1, 2024, the dollar sales value growth rate of meat and seafood substitutes was at approximately minus ***** percent. Egg substitutes have the lowest dollar sales value in the market for plant-based foods. Plant-based food in the U.S. Plant-based foods tend to be more expensive than their animal-based counterparts. The average price of milk, for example, is *** U.S. dollars per gallon, compared to **** U.S. dollars per gallon of milk alternatives. The average price for meat is **** U.S. dollars, whereas meat alternatives are about twice as expensive. Sales of plant-based foods in the U.S. had been growing much faster in recent years than the sales of the total food retail market. However, in 2023 and 2024, while total food retail has experienced positive growth, sales of plant-based foods dipped into negative numbers for the first time, perhaps signaling some stagnation in the market. Plant-based milk in the U.S. Milk alternatives have the highest sales share of plant-based food alternatives. Plant-based milk alternatives account for approximately ** percent of all U.S. plant-based alternative sales. By comparison, plant-based meat only accounts for *** percent of all meat dollar sales. The volume of milk substitutes consumed in the United States was almost *** million kilograms in 2024. This figure is forecast to reach close to *** billion kilograms in 2030. The leading milk alternative brand ranked by brand awareness in the U.S. is Silk, followed by Blue Diamond's Almond Breeze and Chobani.

This statistic shows the ten U.S. states with the highest amount of milk production from 2020 to 2024. California, is the leading producer, where over four million pounds of milk were produced in 2024. Milk productionDairy farming is an agricultural business which is engaged in the long-term milk production within the dairy industry. It is a large contributor to the overall economy in many states. California, Wisconsin, New York, Idaho and Pennsylvania had the highest milk supply.The number of U.S. dairy farms has sharply decreased in the last decades, while dairy operations have ever-larger numbers of cows concentrated on a single farm. These extensive dairy farming conditions with a large herd size and a high milk output are seen as a profitable way for the milk industry in order to provide milk at relatively low cost for the consumer. Due to its high milk volume, the main cow used for milk production is the Holstein-Friesian. However, with this intensification of milking cows there comes a corresponding concentration of manure production which causes problems and challenges for the environment such as the risk of elevated nitrogen levels or contaminated ground water.Due to these environmental impacts, many dairy operations in Wisconsin are now facing opposition regarding plans to expand their dairy herds.

In April 2025, the average price for a kilogram of milk in Germany was around **** euro cents. This refers to the price dairies purchasing the milk paid to dairy farmers. However, dairies pay individual prices to farmers depending on the business structure, region and time of year, which can result in differences in the milk price. Milk in agriculture is usually invoiced in kilograms, but the food trade usually sells milk in liters. One liter of milk corresponds to around 1.03 kilograms.