MD_DA340 Buttermilk - Western U.S. Report 47 - Released on November 21, 2019 In the West, the dry buttermilk market undertone has been firm for a few weeks. Nonetheless, some contacts believe that prices haven't reached their highest points yet. Their reasoning is that dry buttermilk usually closely follows the price fluctuation trend of nonfat dry milk, and so far, dry buttermilk prices haven't increased as much as nonfat dry milk. Currently, f.o.b. prices for western dry buttermilk are stable on the range, but a bit up at the bottom of the mostly series. Stocks are balanced to a bit tight. Spot buyers are still struggling to meet all their needs because processors' primary production goal is to satisfy contractual obligations. Dry buttermilk outputs are unchanged from a week ago. Prices for: Western U.S., All First Sales, F.O.B., Conventional, and Edible Buttermilk Price Range ; $/LB: 1.0500 - 1.1500 Mostly Range - ; $/LB: 1.0800 - 1.1200 Information for the period November 18 - 22, 2019, issued weekly Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI FLORENCE KONE-GONZALEZ, (608)422-8594 Email: florence.konegonzalez@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