At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Monday milk futures and cash dairy markets were mixed. January Class III milk was down $.15 at $16.55. February was down $.27 closing at $19.43. March was down $.02 at $19.05. April was up $.11 at $18.45. May through December contracts ranged from four cents lower in July to four cents higher in May.
In spot trade dry whey was unchanged at $.50. No sales were recorded. Blocks were up $.0450 closing at $1.9625. Eight sales were recorded from $1.94 to $1.9625. Barrels were unchanged at $1.6525. Four sales were made at that price. Butter closed down $.07 at $1.31. Five sales were made from $1.3050 to $1.35. Nonfat dry milk was down $.0050 at $1.1850. Six sales were recorded at that price.
