Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mixed Wednesday with front-month contracts to the lower side and more optimism in the second half of the year.
February Class III milk down 14 cents at $15.58. March down 22 cents at $16.03. April 16 cents lower at $16.34. May six cents lower at $16.69. June through August contracts two to five cents higher.
Dry whey unchanged at $0.5350. One sale was made at that price.
