On Monday, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange saw rising milk futures and a mixed cash dairy market. April Class III milk went up $0.04 to $15.45. May was up $0.45 to $16.84. June was up $0.45 to $17.22. July was up $0.38 to $17.79. Contracts from August to November varied in price, with October and November being six cents higher and August being twenty-five cents higher. Dry whey remained constant at $0.36. Nine transactions were registered, with prices ranging between $0.3575 and $0.36. 40-pound cheese blocks went up $0325 to $1.5675. Two transactions were reported for $1.5450 and $1.5675. Cheese barrels were constant at $1.5725. There was one sale at that price. Butter remained steady at $2.92. There were no sales registered. Nonfat dried milk was down $0.0075, to $1.1350. There was one sale at that price.
