Milk futures were lower in the near term and cash dairy markets were lower except butter Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.   

October Class III milk was down $0.18 at $16.80.  November was down $0.16 at $16.95.  December was down $0.11 at $17.40.  January was up $0.04 at $17.99.  February through August contracts ranged from six cents lower in June to eight cents higher in February and July.   

Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.2850.

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