102.025, up .025 cents from a week earlier.
Milk production is steady in the Northeast, but increasing in the South.
The supply is lighter than desired and manufacturing plants are on reduced schedules. In the Southern coastal states, fluid milk needs are increasing as the winter residents migrate in from the North. Condensed skim and cream demands are firm. Manufacturers expect cream and condensed skim prices to peak, shortly, as their holiday product needs peak. In the Midwest and Central USA, fluid demand is strong due to vigorous retail promotion activity.