MD_DA350                                                    
DA                                                          
MD DA350 Dry Buttermilk (Central and East)                  

MADISON, WI.  January 22, 2015 (REPORT 3)                   


DRY BUTTERMILK - CENTRAL AND EAST                           
                                                            
CENTRAL: Some manufacturers moved large volumes during last week as buyers 
noted this week heavily discounted loads were no longer offered in the 
marketplace. Most spot trading is shifting lower into the mid-eighties to 
low-nineties. The overall market tone is weak. Drying rates of buttermilk 
are strong, following butter production. Buyer interest is light to moderate 
with a heavy influence based on supplies on hand. Spot activity picked up 
this week. Volumes are steadily moving through supply contracts.  
EAST:  East dry buttermilk prices are mixed.  Prices are generally moving 
lower in the spot market.  Dry buttermilk production is active; paralleling 
the region's heavy churning schedules.  Condensed buttermilk sales to ice 
cream processing are limited, at seasonal levels, and adding to dry 
buttermilk productivity.  Producers' stocks are moderate to heavy.  
Domestically, interest remains lackluster, as potential buyers hold off 
purchases in expectation of further price decreases in coming weeks.  Dry 
buttermilk is primarily clearing through contracts.  The market undertone is 
unsettled.

F.O.B. CENTRAL/EAST:    .7000 - 1.0500    

1100CT Daniel.Johnson@ams.usda.gov & Ryan.Studnicka@ams.usda.gov 
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
Dairy Market News website: www.ams.usda.gov/dairymarketnews
Dairy Market News database portal: http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/da-
home