MD_DA810 Cheese - Northeastern U.S. Report 27 - Released on June 30, 2020 Northeastern cheese makers are working strong production schedules to keep up with customers ’ solid demands. Inventory levels continue to be tight in operations. Healthy interests from the restaurant and retail industries are occurring, although these sectors are still in unique situations in their demand cycles. Cream cheese production is fairly stable with manufacturers purchasing regular cream spot loads. On the CME Group, early in the holiday week, cheddar cheese spot prices are holding at stable prices. In addition, cheese prices have increased on other market exchanges. There are reports some buyers are not purchasing at current market prices. In the Northeast, the wholesale cheese prices for both cheddar and Muenster are up $0.1175. In addition, the process cheese prices increased $0.0700. The Grade A Swiss price is unchanged this week. WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES: DELIVERED DOLLARS PER POUND(MIXED LOTS (1000-5000 POUNDS)) Cheddar 40 pound Block 3.1000-3.3875 Muenster 3.0875-3.4375 Process American 5 pound Sliced 2.4800-2.9600 Swiss 10-14 pound Cuts 3.2625-3.5850 Information for the period June 29 - July 3, 2020, issued weekly Secondary Sourced Information: This week, a cooperative export assistance program accepted requests for export assistance to sell 632,727 pounds (287 metric tons) of cream cheese. Published by: Dairy Market News - Madison, WI JESSICA MUELLER, 608-422-8589 Email: jessica.mueller@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