Month: October 2020

10/30/2020 The pace of spot cheese price increases continued to slow down this week, but not before barrels picked up another 7½¢ and reached a new all-time record high of $2.53/lb, eclipsing the old mark […]

10/23/2020 For the third week in a row, barrel prices rose much more than blocks, with the spread now down to 31¾¢, and now we might know why. Fresh blocks remain tight due to current […]

10/16/2020 Barrels once again out-gained blocks in this week’s spot market, narrowing the spread to a still wide 51½¢. Considering the higher availability of barrels than blocks, we’re surprised that at $2.20+, those with any […]

10/09/2020 After reaching $1.01¼ on 09/21, the block/barrel spread has been steadily decreasing as barrels have made stronger gains vs. blocks. This held true again as barrels picked up 10¢ vs. blocks gaining just 3¾¢, […]

10/02/2020 Barrel buyers finally responded to last week’s government solicitation and bid prices up nearly 30¢, while only securing 12 loads. Meanwhile, block cheese saw a modest gain, while NDM continued to march higher on […]