Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher Tuesday supported by a bullish supply and demand report while cash trade was mixed.

March Class III milk five cents higher at $16.40.  April up 14 cents at $17.89.  May 13 cents higher at $18.40.  June up three cents at $18.30.  July through September contracts unchanged to three cents higher.

Dry whey unchanged at $0.5950. 

Blocks up $0.0175 at $1.75. 

Barrels down $0.0075 at $1.50.  One sale was made at that price. 

Butter down $0.0125 at $1.68.  Two trades were made at $1.68 and $1.6825.

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