Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash dairy markets started the week of September 18 with a nice gain, then relapsed, but ended higher on the week. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.33 per pound, up 5 3/4-cents on the week, but 26 1/2-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.34, up 6 3/4-cents on the week, but 14 3/4-cents below a year ago. Eight cars of block traded hands on the week and three of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price hit $1.2882, up 2.4 cents. Barrel averaged $1.3040, up 0.1 cent.

Butter closed Friday at $1.32, up a penny on the week, but 38 1/4 below a year ago. Eleven cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.2944, down 1.2 cents.

Provided courtesy of Dairyline.