On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, milk futures and cash dairy prices were higher on Thursday.
March Class III milk was $0.08 higher at $17.76. April was $0.24 higher at $17.75. May was $0.24 higher at $17.99. June was $0.17 higher at $18.40. Contracts from July to January ranged from one cent lower in January to seventeen cents higher in July.
The price of dry whey remained unchanged at $0.44. There were no sales recorded.
Cheese blocks increased $0.0275 to $1.8250. There were no sales recorded.
Cheese barrels increased $0.0375 to $1.7350. Eleven sales from $1.6950 to $1.7350 were recorded.
Butter was trading at $2.3325, up $0.0025. There were no sales recorded.
Nonfat dry milk was $0.01 higher at $1.1750. There were four sales ranging from $1.1750 to $1.18.
