Wednesday, 08 February 2017 13:59

Slight rise in dairy prices

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Dairy product prices gained slightly at the Global Dairy Trade auction overnight.

The GDT price index rose 1.3% to US$3,537, up from US$3,517 at the previous auction three weeks ago. Some 21,273 tonnes of product was sold, below the 22,030 tonnes at the previous auction.

The all-important whole milk powder rose 1% to US$3,314 a tonne; skim milk powder inched 0.1% higher to US$2,608 a tonne.

There were a few big gains too; lactose jumped 12.4 % to US$910 a tonne, while butter climbed 4.9% to US$4,593 a tonne. Anhydrous milk fat gained 4% to US$5,765 a tonne.

Key Results

AMF index up 4.0%, average price US$5,765/MT

Butter index up 4.9%, average price US$4,593/MT

BMP index down 7.5%, average price US$2,254/MT

Ched index down 3.7%, average price US$3,798/MT

LAC index up 12.4%, average price US$910/MT

RenCas index down 0.4%, average price US$6,445/MT

SMP index up 0.1%, average price US$2,608/MT

WMP index up 1.0%, average price US$3,314/MT

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