The cheese price roller coaster headed back up mid way through June Dairy Month as the market awaited the May Milk Production report which came out Friday afternoon after our deadline. Cash block ended the week at $1.4050 per pound, up 3 1/2-cents on the week, 28 3/4-cents above a year ago, and reversed three weeks of decline. The barrels closed at $1.3850, up 5 1/2-cents on the week, and 31 1/2-cents above a year ago. Fourteen loads of block traded hands on the week and 35 of barrel, all of them on Friday. The NASS-surveyed block price average lost a penny, slipping to $1.4581. Barrel averaged $1.4274, down 5.2 cents.

Butter continued its climb, closing Friday at $1.6350, up 2 1/2-cents on the week, and 43 cents above a year ago. Only three cars were sold on the week. NASS butter averaged $1.5766, up 3.4 cents. NASS powder averaged $1.3039, up 0.1 cent, and dry whey averaged 36.83 cents per pound, down 0.3 cent.

Provided courtesy of Dairyline.