At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Class III milk futuresclosed higher Wednesday supported by strength in the cash market. March milk closed unchanged at $14.28. April was up $0.02 at $14.47. May closed $0.12 higher to $14.45. June milk was up $0.15 at $14.84. The rest of the 2018 milk futures closed five to eight cents a hundredweight higher.
Grade AA Butter was up $0.0025 at $2.1875. Twelve loads were sold ranging from $2.1725 to $2.1875. Barrels were down $0.005 at $1.5125. Five loads were sold ranging from $1.5125 to $1.5150. 40 # blocks were up $0.0225 at $1.5650. One load was sold at $1.57. Nonfat dry milk was up $0.0025 at $0.69. Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.2925 cents.