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MD DA210 Fluid Milk and Cream Review - East                                               

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

EAST FLUID MILK AND CREAM REVIEW                                                          
                                                                                          
FLUID CREAM AND CONDENSED SKIM PRICES IN TANKLOT QUANTITIES:                              
SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, DOLLARS PER LB. BUTTERFAT:                                 
  F.O.B. producing plants:  Northeast -  1.8297-2.2364                                    

PRICES OF CONDENSED SKIM, DOLLARS PER LB. SOLIDS, F.O.B. PRODUCING PLANTS:                
Northeast - Class II - includes monthly formula prices -   .30-.80                        
Northeast - Class III - spot prices -   .40-.53                                           

SPOT SHIPMENTS OF GRADE A MILK INTO OR OUT OF FLORIDA                                     
AND OTHER SOUTHEASTERN STATES                                                             
                                                                                          
                        THIS WEEK   LAST WEEK   LAST YEAR                                 
                        IN    OUT   IN    OUT   IN    OUT                                 
                                                                                          
FLORIDA                  0    90     0    60     0    80                                  
SOUTHEAST STATES         0     0     0     0     0     0                                  


Northeast milk production flowing into processing plants has been above 
year earlier levels in many plants. The mild, warmer winter has been a 
factor. Cheese plants and dryers are busy helping to handle the holiday 
period volumes, with retail bottling having slowed. Balancing plants in 
the Southeast have been very busy helping with milk flowing from the 
middle Atlantic states, as well as some milk from the Southwest. The 
middle Atlantic milk results primarily from the holiday period while 
Southwest milk volumes moving toward the Southeast are boosted by harsh 
weather disrupting milk flows and processing there. Eastern drying 
schedules have been pressured to handle milk. Florida milk production is 
growing at a slower pace, with weather getting hotter, reaching the mid 
80s. Milk sales are flat this week and milk exports increased from 60 to 
90 loads. Prices are lower for Class II condensed skim. Some sellers are 
working harder than they expected to move loads to buyers. Cream multiples 
are ranging .90-1.10. Cream from the East is shipping as far as Nebraska 
to find a buyer. Some of those sales net the seller about 75% f.o.b. the 
shipping plant factoring in costs of moving the cream. 


1430CT eric.graf@ams.usda.gov 608.557.7006
USDA/AMS/Dairy Market News, Madison, Wisconsin
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