At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Dairy markets made some gains on Wednesday. December Class III milk futures were up $.01 at $15.42. January milk was up $.06 at $14.00. February was up $.06 at $13.61. March was up $.02 closing at $13.62. April was up $.02 at $13.92. The rest of the 2018 milk futures were all up a little or unchanged.
Grade AA Butter was up $.0325 closing at $2.2025. One carload was sold at that price. Barrels were up $.02 to $1.44. Three carloads were traded ranging from $1.42 to $1.44. 40-pound blocks were also up $.02 to $1.5075. Two carloads of blocks were traded at $1.4975 and $1.5075. Nonfat dry milk was up $.01 closing at $.66. Two carloads were sold for $.6525 and $.66 cents per pound.
