Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower Thursday as cheese stocks build while cash markets were mixed.

October Class III milk down 24 cents at $21.46. November down 16 cents at $21.27. December down 22 cents at $21.18. January unchanged at $20.97. February through April contracts were unchanged.

Dry whey down $0.0010 at $0.44. One sale was made at that price.

Blocks down $0.0352 at $2.00. Seven trades were made from $2.00 to $2.04.

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