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

December was up $0.02 at $16.40.  January was down $0.01 at $16.52.  February was unchanged at $17.05.  March Class III milk was up $0.05 at $17.71. April through October contracts ranged from unchanged in September and October to eight cents lower in April.   

Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.3975. Two sales were recorded at $0.3975 and $0.40. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.01 at $1.59.  One sale was recorded at that price. 

Cheese barrels were down $0.0150 at $1.4950.  No sales were recorded. 

Butter was up $0.0125 at $2.53.  Eight sales were recorded, ranging from $2.5150 to $2.53. 

Nonfat dry milk was down $0.02 at $1.1725.  One sale was recorded at that price. 

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