On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange milk futures closed lower Thursday again following the direction of the cash cheese market. A softer CME spot dairy auction led to a step back in milk price on Thursday. February Class III milk a penny lower at $15.62. March down 24 cents at $16.28. April down 14 cents at $16.98. May 12 cents lower at $17.35. June through August contracts a dime lower to unchanged.
Spot trade saw blocks down $0.02 at $1.51. One sale was made at that price. Barrels down $0.0150 at $1.4250. Two trades were made at $1.4225 and $1.4250. Butter unchanged at $1.4950. Dry whey unchanged at $0.55.
