Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were steady to higher Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.   

January Class III milk was up $0.11 at $15.54.  February was up $0.13 at $15.73.  March was up $0.09 at $16.36.  April was up $0.01 at $17.22.  May through November contracts ranged from unchanged in May and September to thirteen cents higher in October. 

Dry whey was unchanged at $0.38.  No sales were recorded. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.39.  Fourteen sales were recorded, ranging from $1.3850 to $1.40. 

Cheese barrels were up $0.0325 at $1.4250.  Eight sales were recorded, ranging from $1.40 to $1.44. 

Butter was up $0.0025 at $2.5425.  No sales were recorded. 

Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $1.16.  One sale was recorded at $1.1575. 

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