Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were lower except for cheese barrels Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.   

November Class III milk was down $0.10 at $17.19.  December was down $0.13 at $17.05.  January was down $0.11 at $17.32.  February was down $0.11 at $17.71   March through September contracts ranged from twelve cents lower in March to three cents higher in May.   

Dry whey was down $0.0075 at $0.3650.  Twelve sales were recorded, ranging from $0.3650 to $0.3725. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.03 at $1.6850.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.6825 to $1.6850. 

Cheese barrels were up $0.0050 at $1.6550.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.65 to $1.6550.  

Butter was down $0.02 at $3.28.

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