On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange milk futures were mixed in a narrow range Thursday following the direction of the cash market. January Class III milk up down two cents at $16.12. February unchanged at $15.52. March seven cents higher at $16.72. April up four cents at $16.80. May through July contracts four to 14 cents higher.
On spot trade, dry whey up $0.02 at $0.53. One sale was made at that price. Blocks down $0.0175 at $1.5750. Barrels down $0.01 at $1.39. Fifteen sales were made ranging from $1.39 to $1.40. Butter down $0.0125 at $1.2675. Twelve sales were made ranging from $1.2750 to $1.2850. Nonfat dry milk up $0.0075 at $1.1725. One different sale was made at that price.
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