Dairy Markets Week in Review
Cash block cheese closed the last week of June at $1.94 per pound, down 16 cents on the week, but 76 3/4-cents above a year ago. Barrel closed Friday at $1.91, down 13 3/4-cents on the week, but 74 1/2-cents above a year ago. Sixteen cars of block traded hands on the week and only one of barrel. The NASS U.S. block average hit $1.94, up 7.8 cents. Barrel averaged $1.9930, up 12 cents.
Butter closed at $1.4850, down a half cent on the week, but 33 1/2-cents above a year ago. Four cars were sold on the week. NASS butter averaged $1.4810, down 1.6 cents. NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.9915, up 7.7 cents. Dry whey averaged 76.44 cents, up 0.3 cent.
Provided courtesy of Dairyline.