Milk production in California is seasonally lighter. Handlers convey year-over-year milk production is up for July 2025. Some manufacturers report milk intakes are above anticipated volumes. Some plant downtime for maintenance is taking place. All Class demands are steady. According to the California Department of Water Resources, as of July 22, 2025, the state has received 21.80 inches of precipitation for the current 2024-25 Water Year, which is 1.13 inches below the historical mean.
Farm level milk output in Arizona is declining at seasonally anticipated paces for the summer. Handlers note higher year-over-year milk production continues to hold up.
Milk production is lighter in New Mexico. All Class manufacturing demands are steady.
Farm level milk output in the Pacific Northwest is lighter. Fat components in milk output are decreasing. Manufacturers note milk intakes are at anticipated volumes, but cream volumes are decreasing. Some manufacturers are not fully offsetting decreased cream volumes with spot cream purchases. Class I, II, III, and IV demands are steady.
Milk production in the mountain states of Idaho, Utah, and Colorado is lighter. Idaho manufacturers indicate there is plenty of milk to meet needs, despite seasonally lower milk output. Demands for Class I, II, III, and IV are steady throughout the West region.
Cream volumes are generally tighter and demand for cream is stronger. Cream multiples moved higher for the bottom end of both ranges. Condensed skim milk availability is somewhat tighter and demand is steady.
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