MD_DA851 Cheese Highlights Report 35 - Released on August 28, 2020 Both Midwestern and Western cheesemakers report growing barrel supplies, on lighter demand. Food service demand, in general, is somewhat soft nationwide with the onset of virtual/at- home learning in many school districts throughout the country. Milk supplies remain robust for cheese production. Spot milk prices ranged from $5 under to $1 over Class III. Milk availability is expected to remain ample coming into next week's holiday production schedules. Cheese market tones are buoying from last week. After a precipitous decline early in the month, both block and barrel prices showed some resilience this week. Information for the period August 24 - 28, 2020, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: The weekly average price for CME barrels is $1.4145, compared to $1.3660 last week. CME blocks’ weekly average is $1.8250, compared to $1.7265 last week. 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