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CME milk futures up, cash dairy mixed Thursday

Milk futures were all up and cash dairy prices were mixed with little sales activity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday. 

November Class III milk was up $.09 at $18.19.  December closed up $.05 at $18.08.  January closed up $.13 at $18.48.  February was up $.13 at $18.66.  March through October contracts ranged from zero to five cents higher.

Dry whey remains unchanged at $0.66.  No sales were recorded. 

Blocks were up $.01 at $1.81.  No sales were recorded.

Barrels went up $.0050 to $1.55.   No sales were recorded.

Butter closed down $.0175 at $1.9575.   There were nine trades ranging from $1.96 to $1.9775.

Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $1.56.  No sales were recorded.