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

April Class III milk was down $0.12 at $15.55.  May was down $0.09 at $16.66.  June was down $0.14 at $17.25.  July was down $0.07 at $17.80.  

August through November contracts ranged from six cents lower in November to twenty-four cents lower in August.   

Dry whey was down $0.0125 at $0.3675.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.3675 to $0.3725. 

Blocks closed the trading day with higher value than barrels. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 at $1.57.  Ten sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5675 to $1.5775. 

Cheese barrels were down $0.0050 at $1.5625.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5575 and $1.57. 

Butter was unchanged at $2.97.  No sales were recorded. 

Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0025 at $1.1350.   Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.1350 to $1.14. 

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