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 The average price varied between areas in a given month and be-
 tween months in all areas (Table 34). The range in average price between
 milk marketing areas in April was $6.60 to $6.69 per hundredweight. The
 difference between October and April average prices was no greater with-
 in any area than the variation between areas in a given month. The maxi-
 mum difference between months occurred in Central Florida, where producer
 blend price was $0.44 per hundredweight lower in April than in October.
 In all marketing areas except Northwest Florida, blend prices were $0.25
 to $0.44 per hundredweight higher in October than in April. This re-
 flected a lower production and a higher proportion of supplies utilized
 in higher value products in October.


 TABLE 34.--Average Blend Price Received by Producer for Fluid Milk, by
 Milk Marketing Areas, April and October 1959


 Milk : Percent Butterfat : Price per Hundredweight
Marketing : :Blend price at : Average Blend Pricea
 S:Ma : 4% butterfat
 Area
 : April :October :April : October: April : October


 Northwest 4.00 4.06 $6.62 $6.60 $6.62 $6.63
 Northeast 4.24 4.30 6.60 6.87 6.76 7.07
 Central 4.40 4.15 6.60 7.04 6.86 7.14
 Tampa Bay 3.97 3.96 6.69 6.96 6.71 6.99
 Southeast 3.92 4.00 6.62b 6.87 6.62 6.87


 Source: Schedules for individual plants for Northwest Marketing
 area; Florida Milk Commission for Northeast, Central and Tampa Bay
 Marketing areas; and Southeast Florida Milk Marketing Area Market Ad-
 ministrator for Southeast Marketing areas.

 aBlend price is a weighted average price for all milk sold by
 producers and obtained by dividing total producer receipts by total
 volume of milk.

 bAs reported by the Market Administrator, no correction was given
 for price adjustment from actual butterfat to a price on the basis of
 4 percent milk.


 Out-of State Milk.--Temporary grade A fluid milk supplies shipped
 to Florida plants were obtained at widely varying prices per hundred-
 weight (Table 35). In October 1959, milk was received from eleven
 points of origin. F.O.B. origin prices ranged from $4.16 to $7.44 per
 hundredweight. The lowest price milk was shipped from Atlanta, Georgia,
 to Jacksonville. The highest price was for milk shipped from a point in