DA-231 Dairy Product Sales Butter

OMB No. 0581-NEW

DAIRY PRODUCT SALES BUTTER
Week Ending Saturday____________
Report by noon on Tuesday unless a Federal Holiday falls on Monday through Wednesday.
Prior to the beginning of each calendar year, AMS shall release the times and dates that reports are due.

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USDA AMS collects weekly information on the sales of dairy
products such as butter to be published in the Dairy Products Sales
Release. The information you provide is important to establish U.S.
dairy product prices used in setting minimum class prices under
the Federal Milk Order program. An accurate response to this
survey is mandatory and subject to verification by the AMS under
Public Law No. 106-532. This law specifically protects the
confidentiality of your report from public disclosure except as
directed by the US Secretary of Agriculture or the US Attorney
General for enforcement purposes to ensure compliance with the
Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting program.

Report:
· Salted butter (80% butterfat), fresh or storage, meeting USDA Grade AA standards.
· Price and quantity for butter in 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes.
· Price as either f.o.b. plant if the product is “shipped out” from a plant or f.o.b. storage facility if the product is “shipped out” from a storage facility.
· Complete transactions, i.e. butter is “shipped out” and title transfer occurs.
Do Not Deduct:
· Brokerage fees paid by the manufacturer.
· Clearing charges paid by the manufacturer.
Exclude:
· Forward pricing sales: sales in which the selling price is established (and not adjusted) 30 or more days before the transaction is completed.
· Intra-company sales of butter.
· Re-sales of purchased butter.
· Butter certified as organic by a USDA-accredited certifying agent.
· Sales of butter produced under faith-based close supervision and marketed at a higher price than the manufacturer's wholesale market price for the basic
commodity (for example, kosher butter produced with a rabbi on site who is involved in supervision of the production process).
· Sales under the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) or other premium assisted sales (example: export assistance sales through the Cooperatives Working
Together (CWT) program).
Records:
· Each person required to report information on this survey shall maintain, and make available to the US Secretary of Agriculture on request, original contracts,
agreements, receipts, and other records associated with the sale of qualified dairy products during the two-year period beginning on the date of the creation of the
records.

Section 1 – Butter Sales
For the Week Ending Saturday __________________________________

1. Plant Location

Pounds of Butter

Total Dollars OR Dollars / lb.

Rounded to the
Nearest Pound

Rounded to the
Nearest Dollar

lb. $

$

. __ __ __ __

lb. $

$

. __ __ __ __

lb. $

$

. __ __ __ __

Section 2 – Other Information
1.

Rounded to the
Hundredth of a Cent

Do you understand the instructions and requirements of this questionnaire?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

No

If no, contact AMS representative immediately to discuss the Dairy Product Prices Report Specifications.
DO NOT SUMBIT report until after speaking with AMS representative.

Section 3 – General Comments

Respondent’s Name: _______________________________________ Phone Number: (

DA-231

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