Dairy Markets Week in Review
Cash block cheese ended the week at $1.16 per pound, unchanged from last week, but 28 1/4-cents below a year ago. That’s when block and barrel both dropped 10 3/4-cents. Barrel closed Friday at $1.1150, down a half-cent on the week, and 28 3/4 cents below a year ago. Eleven cars of block were sold this week and 10 of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price slipped to $1.1623, down 1.6 cents. Barrel averaged $1.1670, down 0.4 cent.
Butter closed the week at $1.1525, up three quarter cents, but 43 3/4-cents below a year ago. 19 cars sold. NASS butter averaged $1.1267, down 0.2 cent.
Provided courtesy of Dairyline.