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Cash dairy: Blocks and powder up, butter and whey down Wednesday

Cash dairy prices were mixed on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    

Dry whey was down $0.0250 at $0.6750. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.6750 to $0.69. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.01 at $1.64. Two sales were recorded at $1.63 and $1.64. 

Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.60.  No sales were recorded. 

Butter was down $0.0275 at $1.6175.  One sale was recorded at that price. 

Nonfat dry milk was up 0.0025 at $2.2875. Six sales were recorded, ranging from $2.28 to $2.29.