At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Class III milk futures closed mixed Wednesday with strength in EU prices and active butter trading cancelled out by an inactive trading session ahead of the holiday. March milk closed up a penny at $14.23. April down $0.02 at $14.34. May closed down $0.06 at $14.33. June milk was down a nickel at $14.73. The rest of the 2018 milk futures closed a nickel lower to a penny higher.
Grade AA Butter was up $0.0050 at $2.1850. Forty loads sold ranging from $2.1772 to $2.20. Barrels were down $0.0250 at $1.4750. Ten loads were sold ranging from $1.4775 to $1.50. 40 # blocks were down $0.0150 at $1.53. On load was sold at that price. Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $0.6975. Seven loads were sold ranging from $0.69 to $0.6975. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.29 cents.
