# Dairy prices still riding roller coaster | Capital Press

> Cash dairy prices were volatile in the second week of August, with block cheddar finishing at $1.7425 per pound, up 4.5 cents on the week. Barrels closed at $1.5875 and butter fell to $2.65 per pound, while traders watched the Global Dairy Trade auction and the July Milk Production report.

- Date: 2017-08-15 · published 2017-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69450-dairy-prices-still-riding-roller-coaster-capital-press
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Choppy cheese and butter prices with no decisive new driver indicate a routine market wrap, leaving dairy-linked feed ingredient prices range-bound.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2017/08/15/dairy-prices-still-riding-roller-coaster/

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