On Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, milk and butter prices closed up again, and cheese held steady. Class III milk futures for December were up $.12 to $15.37. January milk went up $.21 closing at $14.68. February was up $.19 at $14.71. March was up $.17 to $14.74. Thursday was the third straight day where milk prices for later in 2018 were either up or unchanged. Grade AA Butter closed up $.0075 at $2.2125. Six carloads of butter were sold with one topping at $2.2125. Barrels were unchanged at $1.51.
