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CME Spot Markets - 02/07/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4800/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.5025/lb, down $0.0025/lb with no trades.

Butter closed at $1.4450/lb, down $0.0175/lb with 1 trade.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3325/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2975/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

CME Spot Markets - 02/06/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4800/lb, down $0.0050/lb with 2 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.5050/lb, up $0.0100/lb with 15 trades.

Butter closed at $1.4625/lb, down $0.0300/lb with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3325/lb, down $0.0250/lb with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2975/lb, unchanged with no trades.

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

CME Spot Markets - 02/03/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4850/lb, unchanged with 10 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4950/lb, up $0.0075/lb with 1 trade.

Butter closed at $1.4925/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3575/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.2975/lb, down $0.0400/lb with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

Weekly Slaughter

Dairy cow slaughter for the week ending January 21 was 60,851 head, down 1.6% from the same week last year.

This puts slaughter unchanged YTD through week 3.


Weekly Slaughter

Category: Flashes

CME Spot Markets - 02/02/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4850/lb, down $0.0075/lb with 3 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4875/lb, down $0.0025/lb with 2 trades.

Butter closed at $1.4925/lb, down $0.0025/lb with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3575/lb, down $0.0125/lb with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.3375/lb, down $0.0125/lb with no trades.

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

CME Spot Markets - 02/01/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.4925/lb, down $0.0175/lb with 3 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4900/lb, down $0.0050/lb with 3 trades.

Butter closed at $1.4950/lb, down $0.0100/lb with 3 trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3700/lb, down $0.0100/lb with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.3500/lb, down $0.0100/lb with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

GlobalDairyTrade Results - February 1

Trading Event 61 was held today with the following results:

 

The average price for all AMF was 3,942 USD/MT FAS ($1.44/lb in 80% butter-equivalent terms), down 3.5% from the last auction average of 4,084.

The average price for all SMP was 3,296 USD/MT FAS ($1.50/lb), down 1.6% from the last auction average of 3,351.

The average price for all WMP was 3,533 USD/MT FAS ($1.60/lb), down 0.8% from the last auction average of 3,562.

The average price for all Cheddar cheese was 3,640 USD/MT FAS ($1.65/lb), down 3.6% from the last auction average of 3,776.

There was no buttermilk powder offered at this auction.

The average price for all MPC70 was 5,569 USD/MT FAS ($2.53/lb), down 5.3% from the last auction average of 5,880.

The average price for all Rennet Casein was 7,715 USD/MT FAS ($3.50/lb), down 4.4% from the last auction average of 8,069.


GDT 020112

 

Category: Flashes

CME Spot Markets - 01/30/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.5100/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4950/lb, unchanged with 2 trades.

Butter closed at $1.5050/lb, down $0.0450/lb with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3800/lb, down $0.0700/lb with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.4800/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

CME Spot Markets - 01/31/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.5100/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4950/lb, unchanged with 1 trade.

Butter closed at $1.5050/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.3800/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.3600/lb, down $0.1200/lb with no trades.

 

Category: From the Trading Floor

CME Spot Markets - 01/27/2012

Block cheddar cheese closed at $1.5100/lb, up $0.0050/lb with 6 trades.

Barrel cheese closed at $1.4950/lb, up $0.0100/lb with 20 trades.

Butter closed at $1.5500/lb, down $0.0050/lb with no trades.

Grade A NDM closed at $1.4500/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Extra Grade NDM closed at $1.4800/lb, unchanged with no trades.

Category: From the Trading Floor

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