Announcement of Class and Component Prices for October 2012 Release date: October 31, 2012 Class II Price: 18.44 (per hundredweight) Class II Butterfat Price: 2.1206 (per pound) Advanced Class II Skim Milk Price 1/: 11.42 (per hundredweight) Class III Price: 21.02 (per hundredweight) Class III Skim Milk Price: 14.12 (per hundredweight) Class IV Price: 18.54 (per hundredweight) Class IV Skim Milk Price: 11.55 (per hundredweight) Butterfat Price: 2.1136 (per pound) Nonfat Solids Price: 1.2828 (per pound) Protein Price: 3.7278 (per pound) Other Solids Price: 0.4340 (per pound) Somatic Cell Adjustment Rate: 0.00102 (per 1,000 somatic cell count) Product Price Averages: Butter 1.9168 (per pound) Nonfat Dry Milk 1.4636 (per pound) Cheese 2.0479 (per pound) Dry Whey 0.6205 (per pound) 1/ October 2012 Advanced Price Announcement