At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the dairy markets were mostly up again Wednesday. Class Three milk for April was up $.02 at $14.46 a hundredweight. May was up $.18 to $14.64. June was up $.17 to 15.00. July was up $.09 to $15.52. Milk futures from August through December were all up from three to seven cents and unchanged for January and February 2019.
Grade AA Butter was up $.0950 at $2.3350 per pound. Twelve carloads were sold with prices ranging from $2.30 to $2.34. Barrels were up $.0050 at $1.45 per pound. Five carloads sold with prices from $1.4450 to $1.45. 40-pound blocks were up $.0025 at $1.5525 per pound. No sales were recorded. Nonfat dry milk was up $.0175 at $.7075 per pound. Three carloads sold between $.6975 and $.71 per pound. Dry whey was unchanged at $.28 cents per pound. No sales were recorded.
