Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower Thursday again following the direction of the cash cheese market.

February Class III milk a penny lower at $15.62.  March down 24 cents at $16.28.  April down 14 cents at $16.98.  May 12 cents lower at $17.35.  June through August contracts a dime lower to unchanged.

Dry whey unchanged at $0.55. 

Blocks down $0.02 at $1.51.  One sale was made at that price.

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