In Chicago, Thursday dairy markets were mostly up at the CME. December Class III milk futures were unchanged at $15.44. January milk was up $.17 at $13.97. February was up $.14 at $13.70. March was up $.12 closing at $13.75. The rest of the 2018 milk futures were all slightly up or unchanged.
Grade AA Butter fell down $.015 closing at $2.18. Two carloads of butter were sold ranging from $2:1775 to $2.18. Barrels were up $.0025 closing at $1.4025. No barrels were traded Thursday. 40-pound blocks were up $.0075 to $1.4425. Nonfat dry milk was up fractionally, ending a slide of record low prices. Prices were up $.0125 closing at $.66. Two carloads were sold with one going for $.6550 and the other at $.66.
