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

December Class III milk was down $0.01 at $16.10.  January was down $0.03 at $16.19.  February was down $0.17 at $16.58.  March was up $0.02 at $17.33.  April through October contracts ranged from unchanged in June and July to four cents lower in August and September.  

Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.3975.  No sales were recorded. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.05 at $1.54.  Nine sales were recorded, ranging from $1.54 to $1.5625. 

Cheese barrels were up $0.0250 at $1.51.  Two sales were recorded at $1.5050 and $1.51. 

Butter was up $0.0325 at $2.6550.  One sale was recorded at $2.65. 

Nonfat dry milk was down $0.02 at $1.1750.  Nine sales were recorded, ranging from $1.17 to $1.18. 

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