# Cheese blocks, butter lead drops Thursday at CME - Brownfield Ag News

> Cash dairy prices were mostly lower at the CME on Thursday. Forty-pound cheese blocks fell $0.06 to $1.62, butter dropped to $1.2325, and nonfat dry milk slipped to $2.05, while dry whey rose slightly to $0.89.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T21:09:25.089Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/96492-cheese-blocks-butter-lead-drops-thursday-at-cme-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md), [Nonfat Dry Milk](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NFDM.md), [Dry Whey](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower cash cheese, butter and powder prices point to softer dairy commodity values, which can ease feed-buyer costs for dairy-linked feed ingredients such as whey and milk-related products.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼
- NFDM: bearish ▼
- WHEY: neutral

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/cheese-blocks-butter-lead-drops-thursday-at-cme/

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