Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower ahead of the monthly milk production report while cash trade was mixed.

September Class III milk unchanged at $16.61. October down eight cents at $17.10. November down 12 cents at $16.86. December down 15 cents at $17.17. January through March contracts three to five cents lower.

Dry whey unchanged at $0.5350.

Blocks down $0.0675 at $1.7250. Five sales were made from $1.7150 to $1.7250.

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