CME Butter Down to $2.67
Spot butter dropped to $2.6700 per pound, 3.5 cents lower, with 20 lots trading.
Fourth quarter butter futures slipped to $2.6351 per pound, shedding $0.0352.
Spot blocks remained at $1.9450 per pound, with zero loads exchanged. Barrels were unchanged at $1.8000 per pound, with no lots changing hands.
Fourth quarter Class III contracts advanced to $18.44 per hundredweight, up 26 cents.
Fourth quarter “all cheese” futures climbed to $1.9293 per pound, gaining $0.0287.
Spot NDM rose to $1.1050 per pound, adding a penny, with three loads trading.
The September NDM contract increased to $1.1218 per pound, $0.0043 higher.
Spot dry whey climbed to $0.2800 per pound, two cents higher, with two lots exchanged.
Fourth quarter dry whey futures settled at $0.3208 per pound, tacking on $0.0063.
The September corn contract eased to $4.7075 per bushel, losing 1.5 cents. September soybean futures jumped to $13.8100 per bushel, gaining $0.1525.
FROM THE TRADING DESK: Dairy markets saw another bid to close out the week today. The spot session was relatively quiet for cheese, but butter had another active trading session, bringing the full-week trading total to 70 loads. Class III futures saw continued high volume in the September/October spread.
Block Cheese: $1.6100, unchanged, 0 lots traded Barrel Cheese: $1.4275, down $0.0425, … Read more
