# Dairy Futures Inch Higher as Butter Rebounds - Dairy Herd

> Spot CME butter rebounded about 5.5 cents to $2.2950 per pound, while cheese finished slightly higher. June Class III rose 13 cents to $17.37 per hundredweight. USDA and Mexico agreed to tighten New World screwworm border protocols.

- Date: 2025-04-30 · published 2025-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11894-dairy-futures-inch-higher-as-butter-rebounds-dairy-herd
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Class III and butter values modestly support milk prices for producers. The screwworm border agreement eases fears of livestock disruption, which limits risk premium in cattle markets.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-04-30 | 1 | +5.3% | 3.1 | Same-day report of June Class III up 13 cents with butter rebounding and cheese firmer points to a short-covering bounce in dairy futures, though the 13-cent gain looks small against a 5.27% move. |

## Sources

- dairyherd.com: https://www.dairyherd.com/markets/milk-prices/dairy-futures-inch-higher-butter-rebounds

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