Friday, February 21, 2025

Friday Midday Dairy Market Summary - Mixed Markets Ahead of January Milk Production Report

OUTSIDE MARKETS SUMMARY:

CORN: 5 Lower
SOYBEANS: 6 Lower
SOYBEAN MEAL: $0.11 Lower
LIVE CATTLE: $0.25 Higher
DOW JONES: 632 Points Lower
NASDAQ: 326 Points Lower
CRUDE OIL: $1.57 Lower

MIDDAY MARKET UPDATE:

The block cheese price was unchanged, settling at $1.90 with no loads traded. The barrel cheese price gained 1.50 cents closing at $1.80 with two loads traded. The dry whey price remained unchanged, closing at $0.5450 with no loads traded yet again Friday. Class III futures are currently trading 10 to 19 cents lower. The butter price fell 0.75 cents, closing at $2.4150 with five loads traded. Grade A nonfat dry milk is 1 cent lower at $1.24 with one load traded. Class IV futures have not yet traded Friday. Butter futures are 0.325 cents lower to 0.250 cents higher. Dry whey futures are 0.75 to 1.9 cents lower.






 

Friday Closing Dairy Market Update - 2024 Milk Production Lower, But Herd Size Growing

MILK: Class III milk futures lost over 80 cents on the March contract this week, while Class IV lost over $1.40 from this time last week. We...