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Wednesday, 03 June 2015 08:48

Dairy prices continue to fall

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The Global Dairy Auction suffered its sixth successive fall last night with the average price index dropping 4.3% to US $2,412/MT.

The auction saw a price decline for almost all products offered.

Fonterra’s key product whole milk powder dropped 3.1% to US$2,309/MT, while skim milk powder declined 1.3% to US$1,982/MT.

However, butter saw the biggest decline dropping 10% to an average price of US$2,619/MT.

Large declines were also seen for anhydrous milk fat and butter milk powder, which fell 7.4% (US$3,112/MT) and 7% (US$1,795/MT) respectively.

Lactose and rennet casein also fell, with lactose down 6.9% to US$540/MT and rennet casein dropping 4.4% to US$5,789/MT.

Some 27,111 tonnes of product was traded, 4.4% more than at the previous auction.

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