At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Milk futures were higher and the cash dairy markets were mixed Monday. Class Three May milk was up $.01 at $15.24 a hundredweight. June was up $.23 to $16.09. July was up $.21 to $16.27. August was up $.21 to $16.59. The milk futures from September through next April ranged from nine to nineteen cents higher.
Grade AA Butter was up $.0050 at $2.34 per pound. Seventeen carloads sold from $2.3375 to $2.3425. Barrels were down $.02 at $1.60 per pound. Nine carloads of barrels sold at that price. Forty-pound blocks were up $.0075 to $1.64 per pound. One carload sold at that price. Nonfat dry milk was down $.0025 at $.8475 per pound. No sales were recorded. Dry whey was up $.0050 to $.33 cents per pound. One carload sold at that price.
