At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the dairy markets were mostly down Thursday. Class Three May milk was down $.03 at $15.24 a hundredweight. June was down $.20 to $15.83. July was down $.20 to $16.06. August was down $.24 to $16.40. The milk futures from September through next April ranged from three to eighteen cents lower.
Grade AA Butter was down $.0050 at $2.34 per pound. Three carloads sold at $2.34 and $2.3450. Barrels were unchanged at $1.65 per pound. Five carloads sold at that price. 40-pound blocks were down $.0375 to $1.6650 per pound. One carload sold at $1.6675. Nonfat dry milk was up $.02 at $.85 per pound. Twenty carloads sold with prices between $.82 and $.85. Dry whey was up $.0025 to $.3225 cents per pound. No sales were recorded.