{"id":99849,"date":"2025-12-12T18:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/?p=99849"},"modified":"2025-12-20T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:38:52","slug":"need-help-pricing-your-dairy-products-by-sunstone-orchard-rabbitry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/need-help-pricing-your-dairy-products-by-sunstone-orchard-rabbitry\/","title":{"rendered":"Need Help Pricing Your Dairy Products? By Sunstone Orchard & Rabbitry."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Knowing the value of your milk, can help you value the products you make from your milk. Here is one person\u2019s breakdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a wide range of raw milk dairy prices across the board, but how do you know your prices make sense based off a gallon of milk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a simple breakdown on price setting costs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting point:
Milk value $15\/gallon = $7.50\/half gallon = $3.75\/quart = ~$0.94\/cup.
This is your base price to compare against, you can enter any value and adjust accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pricing based on your $15\/gal milk:
\u2022 Butter: $20\u2013$25\/lb
\u2022 Buttermilk: $5\u2013$6\/qt
\u2022 Cream: $12\u2013$15\/pint
\u2022 Yogurt: $5\u2013$6\/qt
\u2022 Fresh Cheese: $15\u2013$20\/lb
\u2022 Aged Cheese: $50\u2013$80\/lb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Butter
    \u2022 1 gallon of milk = ~2 cups cream.
    \u2022 2 cups cream \u2192 ~\u00be lb butter + 1 cup buttermilk.
    \u2022 That means ~1 lb butter takes about 2.5\u20133 gallons of milk.
    \u2022 If 1 gallon milk = $15, then just the milk input for 1 lb butter = $37\u2013$45.
    \ud83e\uddc0Suggested price: $20\u2013$25 per pound (raw, small-batch butter often runs $20\u2013$30\/lb at farmstands).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Buttermilk
    \u2022 Byproduct of butter.
    \u2022 Costs are \u201ccovered\u201d by the butter pricing, so you can sell it lower.
    \ud83e\uddc0Suggested price: $5\u2013$6 per quart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Cream
    \u2022 A gallon of milk gives ~1 pint of cream, varies with breed\/feed\/individual cow.
    \u2022 That pint of cream \u201ccosts\u201d the $15 you could have gotten for selling the whole gallon.
    \ud83e\uddc0Suggested price: $12\u2013$15 per pint raw cream is a premium item and can be scarce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Yogurt
    \u2022 1 gallon milk makes ~1 gallon yogurt.
    \u2022 Plus starter and incubation, but not much shrinkage.
    \ud83e\uddc0Suggested price: $15\u2013$18 per gallon, or $5\u2013$6 per quart, slightly higher than milk since it\u2019s value-added.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Cheeses
    \u2022 Yields vary a lot:
    \u2022 Fresh cheeses, chevre, queso fresco, paneer: ~1 lb cheese per gallon milk.
    \u2022 Aged\/harder cheeses: ~1 lb cheese per 10 gallons milk.
    \ud83e\uddc0Suggested pricing:
    \u2022 Fresh cheese: $15\u2013$20\/lb.
    \u2022 Aged cheese: $50\u2013$80\/lb since the yield is tiny and aging takes space\/labor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    As always, know your state regulations for dairy.
    Know your farmer.
    Shop local.
    Barter when you can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Knowing the value of your milk, can help you value the products you make from your milk. Here is one person\u2019s breakdown. There is a wide range of raw milk dairy prices across the board, but how do you know your prices make sense based off a gallon of milk? Here is a simple breakdown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":99851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[291,135,22,24],"class_list":["post-99849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-milking-dairy","tag-dairy","tag-food","tag-milk","tag-selling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99870,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99849\/revisions\/99870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}