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Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash cheese price continued to climb the second week of November, driven primarily by demand for fresh cheese. Block closed Friday at a year-high $1.4275 per pound, up 2 3/4-cents on the week, and 5 1/2-cents above a year ago. Barrel finished at $1.44, up 4 cents on the week, and 9 3/4-cents above a year ago. Nine cars of block were sold on the week and 22 of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price hit $1.2532, up 2.3 cents. Barrel averaged $1.2874, up 2.8 cents.

Butter closed at $1.2975 down 3 1/4-cents on the week, and 14 3/4-cents below a year ago. 27 cars were sold on the week. NASS butter averaged $1.2642, up 0.4 cent. Cash Extra Grade nonfat dry milk closed at $1.30 per pound, up a dime on the week. Grade A was unchanged, holding at $1.65.

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Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash dairy market continued its roller coaster performance the week of November 6, this time on the upswing. Block cheese dropped to $1.29 on Monday but then recovered and closed Friday at a year high $1.40 per pound, up 8 1/4-cents on the week, and 3 cents above that week a year ago. Barrel … Read More

Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash block cheese closed Friday at $1.3175 per pound, up 7 3/4-cents on the week, but 5 1/4-cents below that week a year ago. It climbed to a 2006 high of $1.37 on Thursday but gave back 5 1/4-cents on Friday. Barrel closed Friday at $1.3125, up 6 1/2-cents on the week, and just three … Read More

Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash cheese market gave back much of the previous week’s gains this week. The block price closed Friday at $1.24 per pound, down 4 cents on the week, and 16 cents below that week a year ago when it dropped almost 7 cents. Barrel closed Friday at $1.2475, down 1 1/4-cents on the week, and 10 1/4-cents below a year ago. Eight cars of block traded hands on the week and only one of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price slipped 2.5 cents, to $1.2216. Barrel averaged $1.2340, down 3.4 cents.

Cash butter closed Friday at $1.2750, down 8 cents on the week, and 30 1/4-cents below a year ago when butter dropped almost 6 cents. Only eight cars were sold on the week. NASS butter averaged $1.3146, up 2.4 cents.

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Dairy Markets Week in Review
Cash block cheese started the week by gaining three cents and closed Friday at $1.28 per pound, up 7 3/4-cents on the week, but 18 3/4-cents below a year ago, and back on top of the barrel price. Barrel closed Friday at $1.26, up 3 3/4-cents on the week, but 13 cents below a year ago. Twenty eight cars of block traded hands and three of barrel. The NASS surveyed U.S. average block price slipped to $1.2464, down 1.4 cents. Barrel averaged $1.3322, down 3 cents.

The NASS butter price averaged $1.2820 per pound, down 1.7 cents from October. Cheese averaged $1.2846, down 2.2 cents. Nonfat dry milk averaged 88.91 cents, up 3.5 cents, and dry whey averaged 35 cents, up 3.4 cents.
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Dairy Markets Week in Review
Cash dairy prices were mixed in the Columbus Day week. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.2025 per pound, down a penny on the week, after losing almost a nickel the previous week, and is 25 1/2-cents below that week a year ago. Barrel, after some jockeying up and down, closed at $1.2225, down 2 1/4 from the previous week, and 15 3/4-cents below a year ago. Twelve cars of block traded hands on the week and four of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price slipped to $1.2605, down 2.6 cents. Barrel averaged $1.2981, up 0.9 cent.

Butter closed at $1.36, up 2 3/4-cents on the week, but 28 3/4s below a year ago. Twenty three cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.2760, down 0.9 cent. Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk held all week at $1.24 and Extra Grade held at $1.05. The NASS-surveyed powder price averaged 88.45 cents, up a half-cent.

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Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash block cheese closed the first week of October at $1.2125 per pound, down 4 3/4-cents on the week, and 21 1/2-cents below that week a year ago when the blocks plunged 16 3/4-cents, to $1.4275. Barrel closed Friday at $1.2450, down 5 1/2-cents on the week, and 14 3/4-cents below a year ago. Four … Read More

Dairy Markets Week in Review
Yoyos are fun to play with but they raise havoc in dairy markets. The cash market in the last week of September gave back the previous week’s gains and then some with the exception of nonfat dry milk, which shot up Friday. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.26, down seven cents on the week, and 33 1/2-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.30, down four cents on the week, and 13 3/4-cents below a year ago. 11 cars of block traded hands on the week and two of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price at $1.2834, lost 0.6 cent. Barrel averaged $1.3488, down 1.8 cents.

Butter closed at $1.3050, down 1 1/2-cents on the week, and 34 1/4-cents below a year ago. Two cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.2851, down a penny. Grade A nonfat dry milk shot up 12 cents yesterday, settling at $1.02. Extra Grade went up 11 cents to $1.01.

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Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash dairy markets started the week of September 18 with a nice gain, then relapsed, but ended higher on the week. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.33 per pound, up 5 3/4-cents on the week, but 26 1/2-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.34, up 6 3/4-cents on the week, but 14 3/4-cents below a year ago. Eight cars of block traded hands on the week and three of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price hit $1.2882, up 2.4 cents. Barrel averaged $1.3040, up 0.1 cent.

Butter closed Friday at $1.32, up a penny on the week, but 38 1/4 below a year ago. Eleven cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.2944, down 1.2 cents.

Dairy Markets Week in Review

Butter closed Friday at $1.31, up a penny on the week, but 41 1/2-cents below a year ago. 33 cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.3061, down 0.1 cent.

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