In trading on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Milk and butter prices closed up but cheese fell. Class III milk futures for December were unchanged at $15.25. January milk went up $.08 closing at $14.47. February was up $.08 at $14.52. March was up $.05 to $14.57. For the second day in a row, prices for later in 2018 were either up or unchanged Wednesday. Grade AA Butter closed up $.02 at $2.205. Six carloads of butter were sold with one topping at $2.205. On the cheese market, barrels were down $.03 at $1.51. Nine carloads of barrels were sold ranging from $1.51 to $1.5275. Forty-pound blocks were down $.01 at $1.60. Seven carloads of blocks were sold ranging from $1.5975 to $1.6075.

