At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday, milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly down. April Class III milk and butter were the only gainers. March Class Three milk was down $.07 at $15.24. April was up $.03 to $15.20. May was down $.06 to $15.26. June was down $.12 to $15.58. The milk futures from July through next February ranged from zero to ten cents lower.
Dry whey was down $.0150 at $.3450 cents per pound. Fifteen sales were recorded from $.34 to $.35. Forty-pound blocks were unchanged at $1.61 per pound. No sales were recorded. Barrels were unchanged at $1.41 per pound. Ten sales were recorded at that price. Grade AA Butter was up $.0050 to $2.2650 per pound. Two sales were recorded at $2.2625 and $2.2650. Nonfat dry milk was down $.0025 to $.9875 per pound. Five sales were recorded from $.9850 to $.9875.
