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MD DA431 BUTTER - CENTRAL 

MADISON, WI. November 22, 2016 (Report 47)

Regional butter processors have completed print production and 
delivery for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Butter requests from 
some restaurants are active. At this point, churners are focusing 
operational schedules on the year-end holiday manufacturing needs. 
Butter processors indicate cream availability is improving as the 
week advances. Accordingly, churning rates are expected to move 
slightly higher throughout the week. Some buyers are finding spot 
loads of bulk butter hard to find as inventories are heavily 
committed. Bulk butter prices reported ranged from flat market to 8 
cents over the market, with various periods and averages used. The 
DMN National Retail Report-Dairy for November 18-24 noted the 
national weighted average advertised price for a 1 pound package of 
butter is $2.57, down $0.12 from one week ago and $0.25 below one 
year ago. The weighted average prices in the Midwest and South 
Central regions are $2.34 and $2.41, respectively.


1100CT Angel.Teran@ams.usda.gov 608.557.7011
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
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