verview: August 2019
The UK average milk price for August 2019 was announced by Defra as being 28.80ppl, up 0.43ppl (1.5%) on the previous month.
The GB and NI average milk prices table and commentary will be updated in week commencing 7 October 2019.
The average price paid for milk in NI, in July, was 26.12ppl, 9.4% lower than the average paid in GB.
Prices paid on non-aligned contracts were 0.56ppl below those for aligned contracts in July.
The GB 5-year average price was 27.18ppl in July, down 2.5% from the same the month in 2018, when it was 27.87ppl, showing the relative stability of the 5-year average over the year.


Additional information
The Defra average farmgate price is a weighted average calculated from information collected on total value and volumes of purchased milk in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
For information on representative prices paid to producers by individual milk buyers, please refer to the AHDB Milk Price Calculator.
Visit the AHDB Milk Price Calculator page