Dairyline Markets In Review

Chuck ZimmermanDairyline, Markets

DairylineDairy Markets Week in Review

Cash block cheese ended the first week of May still at $1.16 per pound, unchanged on the week, but 28 1/2-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed Friday at $1.1250, down three-quarters of a cent on the week, and 24 cents below a year ago. Four cars of block traded hands and two of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price hit $1.1599, up 1.2 cents. Barrel averaged $1.1351, down 0.2 cents.

Butter closed at $1.1750, down a half-cent on the week, and 18 1/2-cents below a year ago. Only two cars sold. NASS butter averaged $1.1499, up 1.1 cents.

Provided courtesy of Dairyline.

The Dairyline Dairy Markets In Review

Chuck ZimmermanDairyline, Markets

DairylineA regular new feature we will be bringing you here on World Dairy Diary is a weekly price recap from our friends at Dairyline. Hopefully you’ve heard them on the air over your local radio station. You can also listen to their reports on their website. To give you a peek at what we’ll bring you each Friday, here’s last week’s report: