Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange started the week lower pressured by a surge in grain prices while cash trade was mixed.

April Class III milk was down three cents at $24.30. May 33 cents lower at $25.13. June down six cents at $25.25. July 13 cents lower at $24.86. August through to October 18 cents lower to unchanged.

Dry whey up $0.0050 at $0.64. One sale was made at that price.

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