Block cheese price moved up 3.75 cents to end at $1.7750 with two loads traded. Weekly trading volume for blocks was 11 loads. Barrel cheese price increased 3 cents to close at $1.5125 with four loads traded. The loads of barrel cheese traded Thursday were they only loads traded for the week. Butter price added 2.75 cents to close at $1.8450 with seven loads traded. Weekly volume for butter was 19 loads traded. Grade A nonfat dry milk price gained 0.50 cent to end at $1.19 with four loads traded. Nonfat dry milk had eight loads traded for the week. Dry whey price was steady at $0.66 with no trades. Dry whey had four loads traded for the week. Class III futures are a bit mixed now, ranging from 4 cents lower to 15 cents higher. Class IV futures are 5 to 20 cents higher. Butter futures are 1.50 cents lower to 0.15 cent higher. Dry whey futures are 1.05 cents to 2.50 cents higher.
Tuesday Closing Dairy Market Update - Cattle Slaughter Continues to Decline
MILK: Milk futures drifted through the day before showing some aggressive buying interest into the close. The February and March Cla...
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MILK There had been some optimism that lower milk production in February would get the attention of cheese buyers and they would ste...
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OUTSIDE MARKETS SUMMARY: CORN: 1 Lower SOYBEANS: 3 Higher SOYBEAN MEAL: $11...
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Block cheese price increased 1.75 cents, closing at $1.7525 and the highest price it has been since May 7. There were 3 loads changing hand...