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Cheese blocks slip Friday despite strength in butter and dry whey

Cash dairy prices were up Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    

Dry whey was up $0.01 to $0.6925. Two sales were reported ranging from $0.6925 to $0.6950. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.04 to $1.5725. Fifteen sales were reported ranging from $1.53 to $1.5725. 

Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5475. No sales were reported. 

Butter was up $0.0350 to $1.5150. Five sales were reported ranging from $1.5050 to $1.5150. 

Nonfat dry milk was up $0.06 to $1.56. Seventeen sales were reported ranging from $1.52 to $1.56.