At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday, Dairy prices were mostly lower again. Class III milk futures for December were the exception, up $.01 closing at $15.61. All other milk futures through 2018 went down. January milk was down $.04 closing at $14.34. February was down $.06 at $14.26. March was down $.10 closing at $14.41.
Grade AA Butter closed down $.03 at $2.19. Three carloads of butter were sold with two selling at $2.20. Barrels were unchanged at $1.67. Sales were up, with 36 carloads of barrels trading between $1.6675 and $1.6725. 40-pound blocks closed down $.0175 at $1.4575. Three carloads of blocks were sold ranging from $1.4575 to $1.48.
