Milk futures were higher and the cash dairy markets were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.   

September Class III milk was up $0.07 at $18.58.  October was up $0.26 at $19.21.  November was up $0.27 at $18.98.  December was up $0.16 at $18.73.  January through July contracts ranged from unchanged in April, May, and July to thirteen cents higher in February.   

Dry whey was down $0.01 at $0.31.  Two sales were recorded at $0.31 and $0.3175. 

The cheese market remains quiet with forty-pound cheese blocks unchanged at $1.9625.  No sales were recorded. 

Cheese barrels were unchanged for a second straight trading session at $1.8675.  No sales were recorded. 

Butter was up $0.01 at $2.73.  Sixteen sales were recorded, ranging from $2.73 to $2.76. 

Nonfat dry milk was up $0.01 at $1.10. Fifteen sales were recorded ranging from $1.0975 to $1.11. 

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