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MD DA431 BUTTER - CENTRAL 

MADISON, WI. March 16, 2016 (Report 11)

Bulk and print butter production channels are active throughout the 
Central region this week. Spot cream offers are readily available, and 
interest is steady to light. Manufacturers indicate sales into print 
are ongoing, but represent previously arranged sales, for the most 
part, versus new sales. Consumer feature fulfillment plays heavily 
into the loads shipping now through the middle of next week. Butter 
inventories are steady to building. Bulk butter prices reported ranged 
from market to 6 cents over the market, with various time frames and 
averages used. Wednesday at the CME Group, Grade AA butter closed at 
$1.9400, down $0.0200 from last Wednesday. The DMN National Retail 
Report-Dairy for March 11-17 noted the national weighted average 
advertised price for a 1 pound package of butter was $3.43, $0.53 
higher than one week ago and $0.17 higher than one year ago. The 
weighted average prices in the Midwest and South Central regions are 
$3.00 and $2.77, respectively. 


1530CT Janet.Linder@ams.usda.gov 608.557.7003
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
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