MD_DA530 Dry Whey - Central U.S. Report 41 - Released on October 12, 2023 NOTICE: After October 16, 2023, all information found on this report will transition to a new PDF format. The same data will be collected and disseminated through AMS Marketing Analysis and Reporting Services (MARS) platform. The new pdf report can be accessed on the AMS website at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_1045.pdf Dry whey prices continued in a bullish, yet gradual, trend this week. Markets are firming. Slighter milk supplies, notably bullish high-protein concentrates markets and active domestic demand are three headliners in the recently firming whey market main event. Cheesemakers are still reporting spot milk at above-Class pricing, and some continue to say milk offers are non-existent. A shift into WPC 80% and whey protein isolates manufacturing, among other high-protein varieties, has contacts saying dry whey prices will likely be bolstered through the rest of the quarter. Some contacts expect spot prices to be in the $.40+/lb range by the end of Q4, if not sooner. Animal feed whey prices got a boost on the top of the range. As dairy carbohydrate markets have, according to contacts, bottomed out and are beginning to correct; feed end users have become less hesitant to add loads to their inventories. Prices for: Central U.S., All First Sales, F.O.B., Conventional, and Non-Edible Dry Whey Price Range - Animal Feed; $/LB: .2300 - .3000 Prices for: Central U.S., All First Sales, F.O.B., Extra Grade & Grade A, Conventional, and Edible Dry Whey Price Range - Non-Hygroscopic; $/LB: .2800 - .3500 Mostly Range - Non-Hygroscopic; $/LB: .3100 - .3300 Information for the period October 9 - 13, 2023, issued weekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI ISRAEL WEBER, 608-422-8601 Email: israel.weber@usda.gov Additional Dairy Market News Information: Dairy Market News (DMN) by Phone: (608)422-8602 DMN Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/dairy DMN MARS (My Market News): https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov