CME milk, cash dairy markets mixed to end the week

CME milk, cash dairy markets mixed to end the week

Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 

February was up $0.14 at $15.79.  March was up $0.04 at $16.09.  April was unchanged at $16.80.  May Class III milk was down $0.05 at $17.47.  

June through December contracts ranged from unchanged in August and October to six cents lower in July. 

Dry whey was up $0.0225 at $0.4275.  Twp sales were recorded at $0.42 and $0.4275. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0250 at $1.4450.  Eleven sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4450 to $1.47. 

Cheese barrels were up $0.0275 at $1.4675.  Seven sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4375 to $1.4675. 

Butter was down $0.02 at $2.5450.  Fifteen sales were recorded, ranging from $2.5450 to $2.55. 

Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0075 at $1.1750.  Two sales were recorded at $1.1750 and $1.1775.