On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, milk futures were mixed and cash dairy prices went up, except for butter.
At $20.68 for November, Class III milk was up $0.09. At $19.06, December was down $0.04. At $18.90, January was up $0.08. At $19.27, February was up $0.07. Contracts from March to October were anywhere from five cents lower in May to seven cents higher in March.
At $0.4525, dry whey went up $0.0125. The price of one sale was $0.45.
Blocks of cheese went up by $0.0175 to $1.9775. There was one sale for $1.98.
Cheese Barrels were up $0.01 at $1.97. There were no sales.
For the third day in a row, butter fell sharply, this time by $0.09 to $2.61. On Tuesday, there were a lot of offers, but no sales. On Wednesday, there were fifteen sales, and the prices ranged from $2.61 to $2.7050.
The price of dry nonfat milk went down $0.0250 to $1.37. There were no sales.
