Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash dairy markets were pretty quiet the week of December 11. Block cheese closed the week at $1.32, unchanged on the week and 11 cents below that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.29, up a penny on the week, but 10 3/4-cents below a year ago. Five cars of block traded hands and six of barrel. The latest NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price hit $1.3808, up 0.7 cents. Barrel averaged $1.3898, down 2.7 cents.

Cash butter finished at $1.2550, up a half-cent on the week, but 10 1/4-cents below a year ago. 13 cars were sold. The NASS butter price averaged $1.2381, down 2.6 cents. Nonfat dry milk hit $1.0291, up 1.2 cents, and dry whey averaged 40.07 cents, down 0.1 cent.

Provided courtesy of Dairyline.