Milk futures were down in the near term and cash dairy prices were mostly lower Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December Class III milk was down $0.01 at $20.38. January was down $0.39 at $19.23. February was down $0.33 at $19.18. March was down $0.27 at $19.46. April through October contracts ranged from twenty-four cents lower in April to nine cents higher in August.
Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.4375. One sale was recorded at that price.