UK farmgate milk prices

Updated 1 May 2025

These prices represent the average price paid by dairies for all milk purchased in the month. The survey used to collect this information covers approximately 90% of all milk purchased from farms in the UK.

Overview: March 2025

• The UK average milk price for March 2025 was announced by Defra as being 46.01, down 0.08 pence (0.2%) on the previous month. 

The GB and NI average farmgate milk prices table and commentary will be updated in May once we have received the NI March 2025 milk price from DAERA.

• The average price paid for milk in NI, in February, was 47.37ppl, 3.5% higher than the average paid in GB.
• Prices paid on non-aligned contracts were 0.44ppl above those for aligned contracts in February.
• The GB 5-year average price was 37.65ppl in February, up 7.6% from the same the month in 2024, when it was 34.98 ppl.

UK, GB, NI farmgate milk prices

Source: Defra, RESAS, DAERA, AHDB

Average GB farmgate milk price

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 and the monthly AHDB League Table at the link below.

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