After a few days with lower prices, milk futures were mostly higher and the cash dairy markets were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
November Class III milk was up $0.09 at $17.15. December was up $0.26 at $17.13. January was up $0.18 at $17.22. February was down $0.02 at $17.54. March through September contracts ranged from eleven cents lower in September to four cents higher in June.
Dry whey was up $0.0075 at $0.3925. Two sales were recorded at $0.39.
Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0675 at $1.63. Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.6275 to $1.68.
Cheese barrels were up $0.0750 at $1.62. No sales were recorded.
Butter was down $0.10 at $2.7975 for a two-day drop of over 21 cents. Two sales were recorded at $2.80 and $2.81.
Nonfat dry milk was up $0.01 at $1.18. No sales were recorded.
