On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange milk futures were continued higher Thursday as traders pick back up steam from the holiday-shortened week. July Class III milk up 14 cents at $17.09. August up 67 cents at $17.59. September 62 cents higher at $17.78. October up 41 cents at $18.44. November through January contracts 12 to 33 cents higher.
On spot trade, dry whey down $0.01 at $0.4875. One sale was made at $0.4850. Blocks unchanged at $1.71. One sale was made at that price. Barrels up $0.03 at $1.58. One sale was made at $1.57. Butter down $0.650 at $1.6750. Thirteen trades were made from $1.6725 to $1.7075. Nonfat dry milk down $0.0025 at $1.2250.
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