MD_DA830                                                         
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MD DA830 Cheese - Midwest                                        

MADISON, WI.  July 2, 2008 (REPORT 27)                          

MIDWEST CHEESE:   The cheese market is unsettled though with an occasional weak 
undertone.  Recent activity on the CME Group cash cheese market, including a 
seeming increase in the number of offered loads left on the board at the close, 
indicates cheddar is available for sale.  Plant offerings have increased over 
the past few weeks though as one buyer put it, 'no discounts are being offered 
either.'  Reports indicate some tightness in 640 boxes available for refilling; 
indicating many still have cheese in them.  Many cutters and packagers ran some 
lines on overtime in previous weeks to allow employees at least a three day 
holiday weekend.  Bulk cheese volumes needed this week were lower as a result.  
Process is generally moderate to good and, like natural, generally better on 
store brand/generic than branded products.  Mozzarella sales continue to show 
the normally lighter summer interest with some pizza packagers on further 
reduced holiday schedules.  Cheese production remains near peak levels in much 
of the upper Midwest as heat stress has been minimal thus far.  Cheese yields 
are drifting lower seasonally.   
                                                                 
WISCONSIN WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES:  DELIVERED,                  
DOLLARS PER POUND (1000 - 5000 POUNDS MIXED LOTS)                
                                                                 
Process American 5# Loaf                   : 2.2750-2.6100       
Brick And/Or Muenster 5#                   : 2.4975-2.7600       
Cheddar 40# Block                          : 2.2975-2.5650       
Monterey Jack 10#                          : 2.4675-2.6300       
Blue 5#                                    : 2.8000-3.4600       
Mozzarella 5 - 6# (Low Moisture, Part Skim): 2.3225-2.6650       
Grade A Swiss Cuts 6 - 9#                  : 2.7500-3.3900  

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