Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange started the week in mixed territory. 

May Class III milk unchanged at $25.12.  June down a penny at $24.47.  July up three cents at $24.68.  August five cents higher at $24.17.  September through November four cents lower to 14 cents higher. 

Dry whey down $0.0225 at $0.4850.  Five sales were made from $0.4850 to $0.4975.   

Blocks unchanged at $2.38.   

Barrels unchanged at $2.3475.     

Butter up $0.0150 at $2.8650.  Three sales were made from $2.8625 to $2.8675.   

Nonfat dry milk up $0.0050 at $1.8050.  Five trades were made from $1.79 to $1.8050.   

The USDA says cheese stocks showed a slight increase last month while other types of cheese set a record for April. 

Cheese stocks during April were up one percent on the month and two percent on the year at nearly 1.5 billion pounds.

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