Commodity Markets, Prices & Futures
Use the chart below to check futures prices for commodities. Click the links for pricing on grains, livestock, milk prices, and more and stay on top of what’s going on in the markets. Cash price reflects the USDA Chicago terminal.
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After ending last week with a tumble, CME cheese markets began this week with a surge, thanks in large part to USDA’s bullish Cold Storage report.
CME cheese markets tumbled well off recent highs ahead of USDA’s July Cold Storage report.
Class III futures closed in the red, with Q4 settling at $21.23 per hundredweight, down 46 cents.
Butter and cheese prices break out of the trading ranges to reach prices not seen in a while. Fall and holiday demand has kicked into gear as buyers look to Fall and holiday demand.
After last week’s fireworks, CME markets got off to a relatively quiet start this week.
The global feed-grade amino acid market is expected to grow steadily in coming years. But this popular class of feed additives also is becoming more expensive to access.
Dairy cattle slaughter in May totaled 216,100 head, down 22,100 head from April and 33,000 lower than May 2023.
July Class III futures rose today to $19.87 per hundredweight, gaining 12 cents.
U.S. milk production dropped 0.9% year-over-year in May.
Processors directing much of the whey stream to WPC and WPI.