Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash market saw little change the last week of March. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.42 per pound, up 2 cents on the week, and 25 1/4-cents above a year ago. Barrel also closed at $1.42, up a penny on the week, and 28 1/2-cents above a year ago. Three cars of block traded hands and nine of barrel. The NASS U.S. block average hit $1.3557, up a penny. Barrel averaged $1.3712, up slightly.

Butter closed Friday at $1.33, unchanged on the week, but 17 cents above a year ago. Fourteen cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.3712, down 0.3 cent. NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.2341, up 6.5 cents, and dry whey averaged 72.81 cents, up 2.1 cents.

Provided courtesy of Dairyline.