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MD DA410 BUTTER - NORTHEAST 

MADISON, WI.   December 30, 2015 (Report 52)   

NORTHEAST BUTTER:  

There is a maxim heard from people who manufacture butter and handle 
cream, "December feeds demand for fat but in January people want 
healthy". What that means is that cream in demand for butter in December 
transitions more toward use for yogurt manufacturing in January. This 
week there has been a movement of available cream being sold, rather than 
churned. There are expectations of more cream being available in January, 
as bottling increases and standardization of milk yields cream. This 
week, bulk butter prices for domestic sales are flat market to 5 over the 
market of the CME Group, with various time frames and averages used.
According to the DMN National Retail Report-Dairy, during the week of 
December 25-31, 2015, the U.S. weighted average advertised price for 1 
pound butter was $3.03, down 3 cents from a year ago, and down 7 cents 
from the previous week. The weighted average butter price in the 
Northeast was $3.24. At the CME Group Grade AA butter closed Wednesday at 
$2.0650, up $0.0225 from last Wednesday.

1200CT eric.graf@ams.usda.gov 608.557.7006
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
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