Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange started the week slightly higher supported by improving cash cheese trade.

February Class III milk unchanged at $15.61.  March up nine cents at $16.36.  April six cents higher at $16.82.  May eight cents higher at $17.30.  June through August contracts unchanged to six cents higher.

Dry whey unchanged at $0.5475. 

Blocks up $0.0325 at $1.57.  Two sales were made at $1.56 and $1.57.

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