Friday, July 26, 2024

Friday Midday Dairy Market Summary - Dry Whey Pushes Higher

OUTSIDE MARKETS SUMMARY:

CORN: 10 Lower
SOYBEANS: 30 Lower
SOYBEAN MEAL: $0.20 Higher
LIVE CATTLE: $0.10 Higher
DOW JONES: 817 Points Higher
NASDAQ: 265 Points Higher
CRUDE OIL: $0.82 Lower

MIDDAY MARKET UPDATE:

The block and barrel cheese prices remained steady Friday at $1.93 and $1.97, respectively. There was one load traded of barrels with an uncovered offer remaining. The dry whey price jumped 3 cents, closing at 57 cents with one load traded. This moves the price back to the highest since May 10, 2022. This provides support to the Class III contracts with futures 1 cent lower to 30 cents higher. The butter pricer slipped by 0.25 cent, closing at $3.09 with no loads traded. There was an offer posted during spot trading pushing the price lower. Grade A nonfat dry milk price increased 0.25 cent, closing at $1.2325 with five loads traded. Class IV futures have not yet been traded. Butter futures are unchanged to 0.95 cent lower. Dry whey futures are 0.15 to 0.85 cent higher.




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