The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Dairy markets were mixed Thursday. January milk was up $.04 at $14.07. February was up $.10 at $13.62. March was up $.12 to $13.66. April was up $.04 closing at $13.93. The rest of the 2018 milk futures were all up except May, which remained unchanged at $14.27.
Grade AA Butter was up $.01 at $2.23. There were five carloads sold ranging from $2.22 to $2.23. Barrels were down $.0025 to $1.3975. 40-pound blocks were down $.0125 to $1.495. No sales of blocks or barrels were recorded. Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $.67. Three carloads were sold ranging from $.6550 to $.67 per pound.
