Monday, December 20, 2021

Monday Midday Dairy Market Summary - Cheese Shows Further Weakness

OUTSIDE MARKETS SUMMARY:

CORN: 4 Lower
SOYBEANS: 8 Higher
SOYBEAN MEAL: $6.30 Higher
LIVE CATTLE: $0.32 Lower
DOW JONES: 539 Points Lower
NASDAQ: 242 Points Lower
CRUDE OIL: $2.76 Lower

MIDDAY MARKET UPDATE:

Block cheese price declined 2.75 cents, closing at $1.86 with three loads traded. Barrel cheese price declined 0.50 cent, settling at $1.6250 with five loads traded. There was an unfilled bid and an uncovered offer for a load of barrels. This increased the selling pressure on Class III futures with some of the closer contracts posting double-digit losses. It seems as if traders may sense the market may have peaked for the time being. Butter price remained unchanged at $2.0925 with no loads traded. Nonfat dry milk price remained unchanged at $1.6775 with no loads traded. Dry whey price remained steady to 73 cents with no loads traded. Class III futures are 1 to 28 cents lower. Class IV futures are 23 cents lower to 1 cent higher. Butter futures are steady to 1.32 cents lower. Dry whey futures are steady to 0.32 cent lower. USDA will release the November Milk Production report Monday afternoon.




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