At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday, milk futures and cash dairy prices tumbled ahead of the holiday. July Class Three milk was down $.19 at $14.49. August was down $.32 to $15.01. September was down $.36 to $15.51. October was down $.27 to $15.70. The milk futures from September through next June ranged from zero to 36-cents lower.
Grade AA Butter was down $.0525 to $2.20 per pound. Three carloads sold with prices from $2.20 to $2.21. Barrels were down $.0675 at $1.3625 per pound. Sixteen carloads sold from $1.37 to $1.42. Forty-pound blocks were down $.0325 to $1.55 per pound. Two carloads sold at $1.55 and $1.5650. Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $.74 per pound. Two carloads sold at $.74 and $.7450. Dry whey was down $.01 to $.40 cents per pound. One carload sold at that price.
