Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher Tuesday following strong cheese demand while cash markets were mixed.

July Class III milk up three cents at $13.86. August 49 cents higher at $15.80. September up 39 cents at $16.50. October 29 cents higher at $17.30. November through January contracts 10 to 28 higher.

Dry whey down $0.01 at $0.24. Fourteen sales were made from $0.24 to $0.2475.

Blocks up $0.09 at $1.5850.

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